By Kelly Hannum, Jennifer W. Martineau and Claire Reinelt (Editors)With the increase in the number of organizational leadership development programs, there is a pressing need for evaluation to answer important questions, improve practice, and inform decisions. The Handbook is a comprehensive resource filled with examples, tools, and the most innovative models and approaches designed to evaluate leadership development in a variety of settings.

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PARTNERSHIP HELPS LONDON BOROUGHS IMPROVE AND SHARE EXPERTISE

Four London boroughs are to share almost a million pounds to help them bring about improvements in their councils and to share expertise with other boroughs across the political spectrum. The support for the boroughs of Barking and Dagenham, Harrow, Havering and Merton includes funding from Capital Ambition, London’s Improvement Partnership.

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COUNCIL’S ‘WORLD FIRST’ ACCLAIMED AS READING FAILURE RATE FALLS

A local authority in a deprived area of Scotland is being hailed today for achieving a world first in adopting measures to eliminate reading failure among school pupils in its area. A report from the Centre for Policy Studies says the rate of children who cannot read adequately has already been reduced to six percent in West Dunbartonshire and by next year it is expected that no child will fail to reach the standard. The equivalent rate of reading failure in England is 21 per cent.

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