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Steven M. Garcia is the Supervisor of Secondary Social Studies in the Harrison Central School District in Harrison, NY. He is a Doctorate of Education candidate at Teachers College, Columbia University in the Inquiry in Education Leadership Practice program. This paper is a part of his doctoral research. The working title of his dissertation is Internet-based Instruction and School Leadership: The Impact of Constructivist Pedagogy.

Steve Garcia