Literacy coach role implementation: How district context influences reform efforts

Educational Administration Quarterly

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 759-792

  Mangin, Melinda M ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

District leadership; Empirical paper; Instructional improvement; Teacher leadership

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350633990     PISSN: 0013161X     EISSN: 15523519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013161X09347731     Document Type: Article

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