Troops to teachers as school administrators: A national study of principal quality

NASSP Bulletin

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 212-236

  Owings, William A ^a   Kaplan, Leslie S ^a   Chappell, Shanan ^a  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

high poverty schools; instructional leadership; ISLLC standards; Troops to Teachers

Indexed keywords

EID: 81455128314     PISSN: 01926365     EISSN: 19301405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192636511415254     Document Type: Article

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