The Global Education Monitoring Report, “Leadership in Education” was launched on 31 October in Fortaleza, Brazil, during the UNESCO Global Education Meeting. It provides the latest data for monitoring Sustainable Development Goal 4 and reviews the evidence on leadership in the education sector. The report calls for school principals to be recruited fairly, empowered, and trusted so that they can foster quality education.

Collaborative leadership

Importantly, the report highlights the importance of collaborative rather than hierarchical, heroic school leaders. It emphasizes that teachers should be empowered to lead in their own classrooms and the best principals are instructional leaders: globally, 57% of countries expect principals to provide feedback to teachers based on their observations. However, the share of secondary school principals overseeing teaching activities fell from 81% in 2015 to 77% in 2022 in high-income countries.

Read more at: https://www.ei-ie.org/en/item/29199:global-education-monitoring-report-2024-collaborative-leadership-in-schools-critical-to-quality-education