The Journal of Research for Educational Leaders is no longer accepting manuscript submissions.

Due to reorganization within the Department of Educational Policy and Leadership Studies in the College of Education at The University of Iowa, we are discontinuing the publication of the electronic journal, the Journal of Research for Educational Leaders (JREL) effective March 1, 2009.

We wish to thank the many contributors who graciously shared the results of their research in the pursuit of improving educational practice and pedagogy in PK-12 schools. We wish to thank the many individuals who unselfishly gave of their time and talent to serve as reviewers of the many manuscripts submitted to the JREL over the years. And most importantly, we wish to thank the thousands of educational leaders, school boards, faculty and staff who visited this site to read the JREL and work each day to provide children a high quality and meaningful education.

Sincerely,

Dr. Gerald Portman, Mana

Gerald L. Portman, Managing Editor

About the Journal

The Journal of Research for Educational Leaders (JREL) is an on-line electronic journal which provides educational leaders access to articles on current practical research findings from a variety of interdisciplinary sources. The Journal of Research for Educational Leaders is directed at the improvement of schools, student learning, and educational leadership, knowledge and skills.

The Editors of the JREL invite the submission of manuscripts for publication consideration. The Journal is refereed and is published by the Institute for School Leaders in The University of Iowa College of Education. The Journal of Research for Educational Leaders' intended audience includes educational leaders, staff, and board members.

The Journal of Research for Educational Leaders (JREL) is designed to utilize hypermedia. This feature allows the reader to look at material from included links to references, larger versions of embedded graphics, full tables and video clips. This format allows the reader simultaneous access to the article and to its related links.