It is commonly held that women are under-represented in leadership positions in the education sector, even though they constitute the majority of the teaching workforce. In particular, the widespread feminization of Primary Education is not translated into a similar presence in leadership positions in such sector. The masculinization of management positions invites to reflect on leadership in terms of gender, on the potential differences between men and women leadership performance or the barriers that prevent female teachers from making progress in their careers and their absence from the centers of power and decision making in education. The study combines quantitative and qualitative techniques and it is part of a larger research conducted around the managing of public schools in Valencia in Nursery and Primary level.... [Leer más...]