Designing appropriate curriculum for special education students in urban schools

Education and Urban Society

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 4-17

  Morse, Timothy E ^a  

^a Division of Education   (United States)

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EID: 0035538816     PISSN: 00131245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013124501341002     Document Type: Article

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