The Politics of Teacher Quality: Implications for Principals

NASSP Bulletin

Volumn 86, Issue 633, 2002, Pages 22-41

  Kaplan, Leslie S ^a   Owings, William A ^b  

^a Warwick High School   (United States)

^b OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84992785005     PISSN: 01926365     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/019263650208663303     Document Type: Article

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