Crafting Coherence: How Schools Strategically Manage Multiple, External Demands

Educational Researcher

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 16-30

  Honig, Meredith I ^a   Hatch, Thomas C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

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EID: 84993661269     PISSN: 0013189X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0013189X033008016     Document Type: Article

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