Principal preferences and the uneven distribution of principals across schools

Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 205-229

  Loeb, Susanna ^a   Kalogrides, Demetra ^a   Horng, Eileen Lai ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Leadership; Principals; Urban education

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954913095     PISSN: 01623737     EISSN: 19351062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0162373710369833     Document Type: Article

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