From any lens, at any point, by any measure, teacher quality depends on the quality of the school principal. Good for the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, which has teamed up with the Broad Foundation, to produce a manifesto on the principal position. This manifesto, not unlike Fordham s manifesto on teachers of four years ago, seeks to address the leadership crisis in America s schools. In many ways, the manifesto which has 65 initial signatories, including a sitting U.S. Senator and a Governor seeks to convert the success of alternative certification for teachers into a similar boon in the recruitment of talented new school leaders. Surf over to their website and add your own name, signaling what we hope is the beginning of a new movement to improve the quality of principals.