RT journal article T1 Effective practices in leadership for social justice. Evolution of successful secondary school principalship in disadvantaged contexts A1 Moral-Santaella, Cristina A1 Higueras-Rodríguez, Lina A1 Martín-Romera, Ana A1 Martínez-Valdivia, Estefanía A1 Morales-Ocaña, Amelia A2 Didáctica AB This paper investigates the evolution of leadership for learningthat has occurred in four secondary schools located in disadvantagedcontexts in the province of Granada (Spain) over a period of2 years, performing a comparative analysis on the values, qualitiesand strategies that characterize their principals during the academicyears 2013–2014 and 2015–2016. The investigation usescase studies and conducts interviews with principals, teachersand education administrators. It is supported by the group-casemethod, as well as the longitudinal prospective method. Theresults show that only one of these principals has maintained aleadership aimed at learning and achievement of all students inthe school, at the same time as students’ academic results havebeen improving. This paper concludes by providing informationon values, qualities and strategies of successful leadership in disadvantagedcontexts in Spain that distinguish them from otherless successful leaders. PB Routledge - Taylor & Francis Group SN 1360-3124 YR 2019 FD 2019-02-08 LK http://hdl.handle.net/10498/38905 UL http://hdl.handle.net/10498/38905 LA eng DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Cádiz RD 06-nov-2026