Professional Learning Communities: A Bandwagon, an Idea Worth Considering, or Our Best Hope for High Levels of Learning?

Middle School Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 4-8

  DuFour, Richard ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

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EID: 84858766749     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23276223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00940771.2007.11461607     Document Type: Article

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