Learning to lead: What gets taught in principal-preparation programs

Teachers College Record

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 244-274

  Hess, Frederick M ^a   Kelly, Andrew P ^b  

^a AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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