Successful Leadership in High-Needs Schools: An Examination of Core Leadership Practices Enacted in Challenging Contexts

Educational Administration Quarterly

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 768-808

  Klar, Hans W ^a   Brewer, Curtis A ^a  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

context; leadership; middle school; principal; school improvement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886562276     PISSN: 0013161X     EISSN: 15523519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013161X13482577     Document Type: Article

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