Local school management: Does it make a difference?

Learning to Read Critically in Educational Leadership and Management

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 65-89

  Mulford, Bill ^a   Kendall, Lawrie ^a   Kendall, Diana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

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DOI: 10.4135/9781446216576.n3     Document Type: Chapter

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