The association of individual and network characteristics with hire into school leadership

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Abstract

The association of individual and network characteristics with hire into school leadership

Recent decades have seen a significant increase in the share of school and district leadership positions held by women, as well as increases in the share of principals who are Black and Latino. In Texas, the share of white principals in fell between 1997 and 2019, while the share of Black and Latino / Hispanic principals grew significantly. The number of Black and Latino / Hispanic principals doubled in that time, while the number of white principals grew by only 11%. Over the same period, the principal workforce became significantly more female as well. However, women and Black and Latino individuals holding administrative credentials are less likely than white men to be hired into principal positions – though Black and Latino individuals are more likely than white to be hired as assistant principals. This study examines the association of individual work experience and credential characteristics, as well as network characteristics, with the likelihood of hire into principal positions for all individuals who earned administrative credentials in the state of Texas between 1997 and 2018. Using detailed administrative files, this study examines both likelihood of being ever hired into a principal role as well as hire in year t, given a set of time-varying and constant characteristics.

Author

• Gina Russell DelCorazon, Princeton University