Journal of School Leadership
The Journal of School Leadership provides scholarly articles related to the broad conception of school leadership. The journal promotes the development of knowledge from a diversity of ways in which this topic can be explored.
The journal includes studies related to administrative leadership in schools and school districts, but also manuscripts that involves teacher leadership, student, parent, and community initiatives as key in the development of knowledge about school leadership. We strongly encourage authors to consider both local and global aspects of their work, especially with implications for practice, research, and policy.
Outstanding Reviewer Award 2018: Jayson Richardson, University of Kentucky
In recognition for valuable reviewers, an Outstanding Reviewer of the Year is recognized during the editorial executive meeting held at the University Council for Educational Administration yearly convention.
The Journal of School Leadership invites the submission of manuscripts that promotes the exchange of ideas and scholarship about schools and leadership in education. All theoretical and methodological approaches are welcome.
The editors advocate for non–biased approaches toward any mode of inquiry (e.g., qualitative vs. quantitative; empirical vs. conceptual; discipline-based vs. interdisciplinary) and encourage any methodologically sound research with the potential to contribute to further informing the craft of school leadership. As such, JSL embraces a broad conception of school leadership and welcomes manuscripts that reflect the diversity of ways in which this topic is researched.
The journal provides a platform not only for manuscripts that focus on administrative leadership in schools and school districts, but also in manuscripts that explores teacher leadership, student, parent, and community leadership. In addition, the journal considers manuscripts that explore the relationship between leadership and:
- Teaching, curriculum and instruction
- Student learning, development and achievement
- Whole school renewal and change
- Equity, justice, spirituality, moral and ethical issues
- Social and cultural contexts of schooling
- Individual and institutional accountability
- Diversity with respect to race, class, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, ethnicity, and learning styles
- Law, finance, and personnel issues in education
- The pre-service preparation and in-service professional development of educational leaders
- Libraries and information technology
| Ann Lopez | University of Toronto, Canada |
| Soribel Genao | Queens College, CUNY, USA |
| Daniel Choi | California State University, Fullerton, USA |
| Nakia Gray-Nicolas | The City University of New York, USA |
| Davíd G. Martínez | University of South Carolina, USA |
| Pamela Angelle | University of Tennessee, USA |
| Khalid Arar | Texas State University, USA |
| Maysaa Barakat | Florida Atlantic University, USA |
| Jami Berry | University of Georgia at Athens, USA |
| Jeffrey Brooks | RMIT University, Melboune, Australia |
| Melanie C. Brooks | Edith Cowan University, Australia |
| Lorenda Chisolm | University at Buffalo, USA |
| Miriam Ezzani | Texas Christian University, USA |
| Joseph Flessa | OISE/University of Toronto, Canada |
| William Frick | University of Oklahoma, USA |
| Jinhee Hur | California State University, Bakersfield, USA |
| Gaëtane Jean-Marie | Rowan University, USA |
| Oscar Jiménez-Castellanos | Trinity University, USA |
| W. Sean Kearney | Texas A&M University-San Antonio, USA |
| Lisa A. W. Kensler | Auburn University, USA |
| Moosung Lee | University of Canberra |
| Elizabeth Leisy Stosich | Fordham University, USA |
| Antoinette Linton | California State University, Fullerton, USA |
| Yi-Hwa Liou | National Taipei University of Education, Taiwan |
| Chad Lochmiller | Indiana University, USA |
| Catherine Lugg | Rutgers University, USA |
| Julia Mahfouz | University of Colorado at Denver, USA |
| Roxanne Mitchell | University of Alabama, USA |
| Bianca Nightengale-Lee | Florida Atlantic University, USA |
| Ana Oliveira | Centro de Estudos Sociais Colégio S. Jerónimo, Portugal |
| Izhar Oplatka | Tel Aviv University, Israel |
| Azadeh Osanloo | New Mexico State, USA |
| Noelle Paufler | Clemson University, USA |
| Alexandra Pavlakis | Southern Methodist University, USA |
| Barbara Pazey | University of North Texas, USA |
| Augustina H. Reyes | University of Houston, USA |
| Chen Schechter | Bar-Ilan University, Israel |
| Jay Paredes Scribner | Old Dominion University, USA |
| Elizabeth Stosich | Fordham University, USA |
| Jinping Sun | California State University, Bakersfield, USA |
| Amanda Taggart | Utah State University, USA |
| Celina Torres | Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico |
| Robert Voelkel | University of North Texas, USA |
| Terri Watson | City College New York, USA |
| Deborah West | Eastern Kentucky University, USA |
| Philip Woods | University of Hertfordshire, UK |
| Rui Yan | Indiana University, USA |
Manuscript submission guidelines can be accessed on Sage Journals.