Organizing for literacy achievement using school governance to improve classroom practice

Education and Urban Society

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 42-65

  Wohlstetter, Priscilla ^a   Malloy, Courtney L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0035538821     PISSN: 00131245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013124501341004     Document Type: Article

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