Leading coherent professional development: A comparison of three districts

Educational Administration Quarterly

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 413-448

  Firestone, William A ^a,b   Mangin, Melinda M ^b   Cecilia Martinez, M ^b   Polovsky, Terrie ^c  

^a Ctr for Educational Policy Analysis   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Center for Educational Policy Analysis   (United States)

Author keywords

District capacity; District leadership; District organization; Professional development; Superintendents

Indexed keywords

EID: 24344502711     PISSN: 0013161X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013161X04269605     Document Type: Article

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