Who are the influential? A cross-state social network analysis of the reading policy domain

Educational Administration Quarterly

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 7-48

  Song, Mengli ^a   Miskel, Cecil G ^b  

^a AMERICAN INSTITUTES FOR RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Influence; Network; Policy; Reading; State

Indexed keywords

EID: 12844260803     PISSN: 0013161X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013161X04269515     Document Type: Article

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