Leveraging social capital and school improvement: The case of a school network and a comprehensive community initiative in Chicago

Educational Administration Quarterly

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 429-461

  Kahne, Joseph ^a   O'Brien, James ^a   Brown, Andrea ^a   Quinn, Therese ^a  

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EID: 0040675313     PISSN: 0013161X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/00131610121969389     Document Type: Article

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