When you think of a school principal, what comes to mind? Richard Vernon? Ed Rooney? Seymour Skinner? There isn’t a lot of truth in the pop culture stereotype of a principal, but we can’t seem to shake it. The job has changed profoundly over the past decade, but many still have an image of a mindless bureaucrat in a short-sleeved dress shirt. In this episode we explore what the job of a high school principal is like during the most challenging time in the history of modern education.