Leading Schools to Success: Constructing and Sustaining High-performing Learning Cultures
- ISBN-10
- 1452230587
- ISBN-13
- 9781452230580
- Category
- Academic achievement
- Pages
- 258
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2011
- Author
- James W. Guthrie
Description
Taking a practice-based approach that is grounded in research and theory, "Leading Schools to Success: Constructing and Sustaining High Performing Learning Cultures" offers current and future educational leaders with operational knowledge they can employ to construct and sustain a highly effective school culture focused on enhanced student performance.
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