Starting with african american success a strength-based approach to transformative educational leadership

Handbook of Research on Educational Leadership for Equity and Diversity

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 111-133

  Wilson, Camille M ^a   Douglas, Ty Ron M O ^b   Nganga, Christine W ^c  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203076934-15     Document Type: Chapter

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