This report examines how five California CORE member districts built principal pipelines to develop effective school leaders. The study, a collaborative effort between CORE-PACE and university researchers, aims to describe the policies, procedures, and practices that make up participating districts’ efforts to establish and maintain principal pipelines and understand the role of principal pipelines in attaining key objectives, including diversifying school leadership, retaining excellent school leaders, and improving student outcomes.

Parental engagement is essential to improve academic outcomes for all students, particularly low-income, Black, and Latinx students. Distance learning has intensified the need for parental support, but state policies and tools for engagement are inadequate. Local Educational Agencies can remove barriers to data access and support parent engagement by following three key principles and taking related actions.