VIDEO: Focusing On Great Leaders To Improve Student Learning | Eastern NC Now

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Campbell professor, Johnston school board member shares insights

    RALEIGH      Great schools require great leaders. That's the assessment from a Campbell University education professor and former Johnston County school principal who serves now on Johnston's school board.

    Peggy Smith outlined the elements of great school leadership during a presentation Monday to the John Locke Foundation's Shaftesbury Society. In the video clip below, Smith emphasizes the importance of allowing great school principals to remove ineffective teachers from the classroom.

    Click here to watch the full 50:30 presentation.