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April 10, 2026Artificial Intelligence in EducationOpen Access

Artificial intelligence in school leadership: a structured literature review of organisational benefits and ethical challenges

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ELElectra LipsouNKNikos KeravnosNENikleia Eteokleous

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Structured literature review investigates AI's impact on school leadership, highlighting benefits and ethical issues.

Key Points

  • This review investigates the integration of artificial intelligence into school leadership and its associated benefits and ethical challenges.
  • Conducted a PRISMA-aligned structured literature review on publications from 2019 to 2025.
  • Performed searches in Scopus, Web of Science, ERIC, and Google Scholar, focusing on K–12 and selective higher education.
  • Synthesized findings using reflexive thematic analysis and conceptual mapping on a corpus of 50 publications.
  • AI offers benefits such as administrative efficiency, decision support, and equitable resource allocation under data governance.
  • Adoption of AI introduces ethical challenges including algorithmic bias, decision-making opacity, and accountability issues.
  • Most AI systems lack proper oversight, clear roles, and necessary training for ethical use.

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Lipsou et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69d8955f6c1944d70ce06618https://doi.org/10.1108/aiie-08-2025-0240
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