Now you see it; now you don't: A district's short-lived commitment to an alternative high school for newly arrived immigrants

Urban Education

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 26-51

  Merchant, Betty ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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EID: 22844457215     PISSN: 00420859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042085999341003     Document Type: Article

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