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Money for Educational Leadership


This Foundational Concept can be found in the following module pages:

Money, says the proverb, makes money. When you have a little, it is often easier to get more. The great difficulty is to get that little.

– Adam Smith, 1776, para. 11

This Foundational Concept asks four big questions and develops short and practical answers to them.

  1. Why should leadership teams worry about money?
  2. What is money?
  3. What is the power of money for educational leadership?
  4. What does money have to do with equity, social justice, and inclusion?