Accelerated schools for quality education: A Hong Kong perspective

Urban Review

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 63-81

  Lee, John Chi Kin ^a   Levin, Henry ^b   Soler, Pilar ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Accelerated schools; Hong Kong; School improvement

Indexed keywords

EID: 25144469363     PISSN: 00420972     EISSN: 15731960     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11256-005-3562-6     Document Type: Article

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