What do we know about teacher leadership? Findings from two decades of scholarship

Review of Educational Research

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 255-316

  York Barr, Jennifer ^a   Duke, Karen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Instructional leadership; Leadership; Leadership in education; Teacher leadership

Indexed keywords

EID: 10044229260     PISSN: 00346543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/00346543074003255     Document Type: Review

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