Recruiting expert teachers into high-needs schools: Leadership, money, and colleagues;Reclutamiento de docentes expertos en escuelas urbanas con necesidades educativas: Liderazgo, dinero, y colegas

Education Policy Analysis Archives

Volumn 20, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Amrein Beardsley, Audrey ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Educational policy; Teacher attitudes; Teacher recruitment; Urban schools

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866552389     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10682341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14507/epaa.v20n27.2012     Document Type: Article

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