How do district management and implementation strategies relate to the quality of the professional development that districts provide to teachers?

Teachers College Record

Volumn 104, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 1265-1312

  Desimone, Laura ^a   Porter, Andrew C ^a   Birman, Beatrice F ^a   Garet, Michael S ^a   Yoon, Kwang Suk ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0036798154     PISSN: 01614681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9620.00204     Document Type: Article

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