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A systematic review of research from the past two decades has investigated the link between school leadership and student learning. It found that the impact of school leaders is much greater than has been previously appreciated. The review, How Principals affect students and schools, evaluated research in the United States and was commissioned by The Wallace Foundation, a national philanthropy based in New York, working to improve learning for young people. The review was conducted by academics at Vanderbilt University, North Carolina State University, and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. In total, 219 studies were synthesised for the review, and from these, various influential factors of principals’ skills, behaviours and characteristics emerged. ‘The research team … concludes that, based on research since 2000, the impact of an effective principal has likely been understated, with impacts being both greater and broader than previously believed: greater in the impact o...