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Principal Turnover: Are There Different Types of Principals Who Move From or Leave Their Schools? A Latent Class Analysis of the 2007–2008 Schools and Staffing Survey and the 2008–2009 Principal Follow-Up Survey

Jared BoyceTeachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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Alex J. BowersTeachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY, USACorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 237-272 | Published online: 09 Feb 2016

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