Making kids winners: New perspectives about literacy from urban elementary school principals

Reading Teacher

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 654-662

  Danridge, Jennifer C ^a,b   Edwards, Patricia A ^b   Pleasants, Heather M ^c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Indiana State University ^*

^c INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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