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New Leaders forges deep partnerships to equip school leaders at all levels to be powerful and positive forces for change. We provide best-in-class leadership training that ensures schools are set up to provide all students with challenging, engaging learning experiences in every classroom, every day, year after year. To date, we have developed 4,000 leaders who annually reach more than  \nhalf a million students in communities across the country. To support even more students and communities, we champion evidence-based policies that reflect the transformative power of exceptional school leaders and that break down structural and institutional barriers to student achievement and educational equity. By transforming our schools, we’ll transform our society.  \nACKNOWLEDGMENTS  \nAlexandra Broin led writing and Sol Bee Jung led research, with invaluable input and guidance from Dr. Brenda Neuman-Sheldon as well as Sydelle Barreto, Michele Caracappa, Jean Desravines, Leroy Gaines, Jackie Gran, Hannah Irvin, Beulah McLoyd, Sarah Rosenberg, Noah Wepman, and Elizabeth Zimmerman. Dr. Kenneth Leithwood, Dr. James Spillane, and Dr. Jonathan Supovitz discussed their research with us, answering our many questions and sharing exceptional insights. We deeply appreciate the contributions of the educators and education leaders whose experiences are reflected in the vignettes and whose wisdom improved every aspect of this publication: Katy Anthes, Donnell Cannon, Shonaka Ellison, Robyn Hamasaki, Matt Lyons, Monica Martens, Colleen O’Neil, Laura Robell, Chandler Rowland, Hugo Saucedo, Erin Swanson, and Dr. Allison Tingwall. We thank our colleagues with the Council of Chief State School Officers for providing us with opportunities to preview our findings and takeaways with their network, immeasurably strengthening the quality and usefulness of our recommendations. And we are grateful to the Joyce Foundation for their generous support. Stephanie Banchero believed in this project and offered crucial feedback and guidance. We are also grateful to the Barr Foundation for their valuable support in broadening the dissemination of this report.  \nNOTE  \nThe contents of this publication were developed under a grant from the Joyce Foundation. However, those contents do not necessarily represent the policy or viewpoint of the Joyce Foundation.  \nNEW LEADERS DISTRIBUTED LEADERSHIP TOOLKIT 2  \nINTRODUCTION | Background and Goals  \nSchools that support teachers and other community members in exercising leadership look and feel different from schools where decision-making is centralized. A growing body of research, backed by the experience of educators across the country, supports expanded – or “distributed” – leadership as a critical strategy for achieving real, sustained results for students and creating school environments where teachers love to work.  \nAs the principalship has increased its focus on instructional leadership, the role has become vastly more complex and demanding. 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