Changing secondary schools is hard: Lessons from 10 years of school improvement in the Manitoba school improvement program

Improving Schools and Educational Systems: International Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 109-128

  Earl, Lorna ^a   Torrance, Nancy ^b   Sutherland, Stephanie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b NONE

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EID: 57049164570     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203012499     Document Type: Chapter

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