How principals of autonomous schools in israel view implementation of decentralization and restructuring policy: Risks, rights, and wrongs

Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 193-210

  Gibton, Dan ^a   Sabar, Naama ^c   Goldring, Ellen B ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE

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EID: 0034379280     PISSN: 01623737     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/01623737022002193     Document Type: Article

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