• Women hold one third of superintendent positions, the highest level recorded in recent years — but equal representation is still about three decades away, according to research from ILO Group, which releases an annual analysis of superintendent positions in the nation’s 500 largest school districts.
• Women are more likely to hold doctoral degrees and to serve as deputies or interim superintendents before being selected to lead. Men, on the other hand, are more likely to rise to the superintendency as external hires and to have previously served as superintendents or assistant superintendents.
• The South continues to lag in female leadership compared to other areas of the nation, with the percentage of women leaders stagnating in the Southeast and declining in the Southwest.

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