Voices From the Field: What Have We Learned About Instructional Leadership?

Leadership and Policy in Schools

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 12-40

  Townsend, Tony ^a   Acker Hocevar, Michele ^b   Ballenger, Julia ^c   Place, A William ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY COMMERCE   (United States)

^d SAINT JOSEPH S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84874763270     PISSN: 15700763     EISSN: 17445043     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15700763.2013.766349     Document Type: Article

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