Project discovery an urban middle school reform effort

Education and Urban Society

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 371-397

  Shulman, Vivian ^a   Armitage, Deirdre ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Middle level education reform; Teacher professional development; Urban middle school

Indexed keywords

EID: 23844471264     PISSN: 00131245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013124505277688     Document Type: Review

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