Accountability nudges districts into changes in culture

Phi Delta Kappan

Volumn 90, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 670-676

  Firestone, William A ^a  

^a The State University of New Jersey   (United States)

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EID: 70749143658     PISSN: 00317217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003172170909000913     Document Type: Article

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