Stepping stones: Principal career paths and school outcomes

Social Science Research

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 904-919

  Béteille, Tara ^a   Kalogrides, Demetra ^b   Loeb, Susanna ^b  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Inequality; School principals; Student achievement; Turnover

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862237849     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2012.03.003     Document Type: Article

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