District induction policy and new teachers' experiences: An examination of local policy implementation in connecticut

Teachers College Record

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 797-836

  Youngs, Peter ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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