Class size reduction in practice: Investigating the influence of the elementary school principal

Educational Policy

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 330-358

  Burch, Patricia ^a   Theoharis, George ^b   Rauscher, Erica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Leadership; Policy implementation; Principals

Indexed keywords

EID: 77649256587     PISSN: 08959048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0895904808330168     Document Type: Article

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