Raising literacy achievement in reading: How principals of 10-to 12-year-old students are making this happen

International Journal of Leadership in Education

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 61-83

  Fletcher, Jo ^a   Greenwood, Janinka ^a   Grimley, Michael ^a   Parkhill, Faye ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

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EID: 79957848262     PISSN: 13603124     EISSN: 14645092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13603124.2010.496873     Document Type: Article

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