ABSTRACT
The bulk of policy and action on the strategic management of teacher and principal talents occurs in districts and schools, but (as should be clear from the preceding chapters) states do play critical and crucial roles as well. Indeed, it could be argued that states specify the key conditions under which districts and schools can engage in strategic management of educator talent. Without appropriate state policies, as Chapter 7 summarized for tenure, evaluation, and dismissal, district leaders are hampered in the degree to which they can make important decisions in those areas as well as implement new policies and practices.
