Aging Trends May Imply Shorter Careers in School Administration

Earlier chapters of this report covered our review of existing research and our analyses of data on school administrators, all of which were aimed at understanding the careers of administrators in K–12 schools. We presented an overview of the existing information on school administrators’ characteristics; the moves into, through, and out of the school administrative field that people make; and the factors influencing those moves. We found little evidence of a nationwide crisis in the school administrator market. We did, however, find issues that may be of concern to policymakers.