Schools as caring communities: A relational approach to school reform

School Psychology Review

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 586-602

  Baker, Jean A ^a   Bridger, Robert ^b   Terry, Tara ^b   Winsor, Anne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b NONE

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