Learning to support improvement - Next steps for research on district practice

American Journal of Education

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 681-689

  Louis, Karen Seashore ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

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EID: 48749118644     PISSN: 01956744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/589320     Document Type: Note

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