Woven in deeply: Identity and leadership of urban social justice principals

Education and Urban Society

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 3-25

  Theoharis, George ^a,b  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b 150 Huntington Hall   (United States)

Author keywords

Equity; Leadership; Principal; Social justice

Indexed keywords

EID: 53349098801     PISSN: 00131245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013124508321372     Document Type: Article

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