Bottling fog? The quest for instructional management

Cambridge Journal of Education

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 455-471

  Murphy, Joseph ^a   Neumerski, Christine M ^a   Goldring, Ellen ^a   Grissom, Jason ^a   Porter, Andy ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

instructional leadership; leadership; school improvement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84938631973     PISSN: 0305764X     EISSN: 14693577     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0305764X.2015.1064096     Document Type: Article

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