Women’s Place in Educational Administration: Past, Present, and Future

Abstract

Women's place in educational administration today grows out of a history of beliefs, events, and expectations about women's right and ability to lead in schools and society. Although today women represent about 30 percent of public school administrators in the United States, and contentious debate about whether women should be administrators has subsided, new questions are being raised. Do women administrators in the educational hierarchy make a difference in the practice of leadership in schools? Do women bring different leadership to school management than men, individually or collectively?