Is it better to be good or lucky? Decentralized teacher selection in 10 elementary schools

Educational Administration Quarterly

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 322-362

  DeArmond, Michael ^a   Gross, Betheny ^a   Goldhaber, Dan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Decentralization; Education reform; Policy implementation; Teacher selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954631457     PISSN: 0013161X     EISSN: 15523519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013161X10365824     Document Type: Article

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