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Guidance by Principals Emerging as Crucial in Science Instruction

Bonnie Rosen, the principal of Oak Park Elementary School in Lansdale, Pa., discusses a science experiment with a team of teachers from her school after attending the Academy for Leadership in Science Instruction workshop last month.

—Mike Mergen for Education Week

Outreach efforts seek to build their know-how

By Sean Cavanagh

Princeton, N.J.

Six elementary school teachers from Pennsylvania arrived at a summer academy here recently, determined to improve their understanding of science and their ability to convey its principles and mysteries to students.

But those educators understood that their success would depend in no small measure on the actions of another person who accompanied them: their principal.

Members of the team from Oak Park Elementary School, in Lansdale, Pa., were attending a program designed to improve science instruction, not only by promoting effective teaching, but also by developing principals who know...