Mobility and turnover among school principals

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 289-302

  Gates, Susan M ^a   Ringel, Jeanne S ^a   Santibañez, Lucrecia ^a   Guarino, Cassandra ^a   Ghosh Dastidar, Bonnie ^a   Brown, Abigail ^a  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Educational economics; Human capital

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; MODELING;

ILLINOIS; NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33745041187     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2005.01.008     Document Type: Article

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