Mayoral leadership matters: Lessons learned from mayoral control of large urban school systems

Peabody Journal of Education

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 737-768

  Wong, Kenneth K ^a   Shen, Francis X ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 37049006978     PISSN: 0161956X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01619560701603254     Document Type: Article

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