Key elements of a successful school-based management strategy

School Effectiveness and School Improvement

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 351-372

  Briggs, Kerri L ^a   Wohlstetter, Priscilla ^b  

^a United States Department of Education   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 11844291365     PISSN: 09243453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/sesi.14.3.351.15840     Document Type: Article

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