The sites most successful in achieving cohesive leadership systems strategically selected strong leaders who could form significant bases of power, garner political support for improving school leadership, and connect such efforts to broader reform initiatives in the state.
Arctic Map. The Arctic is a region of the planet, north of the Arctic Circle, and includes the Arctic Ocean, Greenland, Baffin Island, other smaller northern islands, and the far northern parts of Europe, Russia (Siberia), Alaska and Canada.
Photo by Chris Linder, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. The Arctic is named for the north polar constellation âArktosââGreek for âbear.â It is 14.5 million square km (5.5 million square miles)âalmost exactly the same size as Antarcticaâand has been inhabited by humans for close to 20,000 years.