Journal of Educational Administration: Volume 59 Issue 3

Guest editorial

Jayson W. Richardson

Artificial intelligence in educational leadership: a symbiotic role of human-artificial intelligence decision-making

Yinying Wang

Artificial intelligence (AI) refers to a type of algorithms or computerized systems that resemble human mental processes of decision-making. This position paper looks beyond the…

School leaders' adoption and implementation of artificial intelligence

Matthew Mark Tyson, Nicholas J. Sauers

The purpose of this study is to examine school leaders' experiences with adoption and implementation of artificial intelligence systems in their schools. It examined the factors…

Virtual reality classroom simulations: how school leaders improve instructional leadership capacity

Matthew Militello, Lynda Tredway, Lawrence Hodgkins, Ken Simon

The purpose of this study was to explore the utility of a virtual reality (VR) classroom experience for improving the capacity of instructional leaders. Specifically, school…

Organizational problem-solving and school discipline: comparing the roles of schoolwide behavior management technologies

Vincent Cho, Katrina Borowiec, Kaitlyn F. Tuthill

Applications for tracking and managing classroom behavior have become increasingly commonplace, thus making it possible to incorporate nonacademic data into collaborative…

Challenges of being a digitally savvy principal

Jayson W. Richardson, Jeremy Lucian Daniel Watts, William L. Sterrett

The purpose of this study was to better understand the challenges faced by leaders who have demonstrated excellence in integrating technology into teaching and learning in P-12…

Technology as infrastructure for change: district leader understandings of 1:1 educational technology initiatives and educational change

Alexandra J. Lamb, Jennie Miles Weiner

While educational infrastructure is consistently identified as a key lever for educational change, it is often overlooked in research and practice and specifically in relation to…

Five leading-edge K-12 districts’ decision-making processes for EdTech innovations

Sara Dexter, Aubrey Francisco, Christina Luke Luna

The purpose of this study was to better understand K-12 district leaders' reasoning and processes for selecting and deploying EdTech instructional products, including which, if…

The development and impact of team-based school technology leadership

Sara Dexter, Emily A. Barton

The authors tested the efficacy of a team-based instructional leadership intervention designed to increase middle school mathematics and science teachers' use of educational…

Commentary – A time for recoding school

Justin Bathon, Ira David Socol

Commentary – Why aren't more educational leadership scholars researching technology?

Scott McLeod