Women Principals of Jewish Secular High Schools in Israel: Access and Progress

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Abstract

This quantitative investigation focused on women high school principals at Jewish secular schools throughout Israel. Despite challenges, Israeli women have succeeded in obtaining over half of the principal positions, but the degree to which there is equal gender access to leadership roles in the school system remains unclear. This study examined whether there was clustering of women in high school principal positions in certain geographical areas. This study showed that although women are in principal positions in equal or greater numbers as men depending on the region. The key findings showed that 59% of the high schools in Israel are led by female principals and that the Tel Aviv district has a strong clustering effect of women principals.

Author

• Dana Lebental, Loyola Marymount University