Enhancing parent leadership through building social and intellectual capital

American Educational Research Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 4-38

  Bolívar, José M ^a   Chrispeels, Janet H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

intermediary organizations; parent empowerment; parent involvement; social and intellectual capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 78651409955     PISSN: 00028312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0002831210366466     Document Type: Article

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