Leadership for evidence-informed education

School Leadership and Management

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 303-315

  Levin, Ben ^a  

^a OISE   (Canada)

Author keywords

educational change; leadership; research use; school effectiveness

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957013503     PISSN: 13632434     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13632434.2010.497483     Document Type: Review

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