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Our research project studied LEP using qualitative methods. We used a common semistructured interview protocol co-developed and shared with other GEII colleagues and conducted observations of case study sites. We collected and analyzed a variety of documents throughout the project, including curriculum frameworks and existing evaluations and program documentation, including the LEP program handbook and newspaper articles. We invited the respondents (LEP participants) to participate in the interviews. We selected them from the 2013 batch of LEP participants (this was the most recent batch at the time of researching and writing), as the LEP happens only once a year and the research sought to analyze the difference in participants before and after (i.e., one year) the program. We also interviewed school teachers who had been working with these new principals for a year to ascertain their effectiveness. In all cases, after participants had read and signed the participant consent forms, we conducted and recorded face-to-face interviews. Thereafter, the interviews were coded using the coding scheme developed by the GEII Research Consortium and analyzed.