Professional development for urban principals in underperforming schools

Education and Urban Society

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 142-159

  Houle, Judith C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HARTFORD   (United States)

Author keywords

Professional development; Underperforming schools; Urban principals

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645734378     PISSN: 00131245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013124505282611     Document Type: Article

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