Student poverty, school accountability, and postsecondary enrollment: A challenge for educational reform in Kentucky

Journal of Poverty

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 21-35

  Price, Derek V ^a   Reeves, Edward B ^b  

^a Lumina Foundation for Education   (United States)

^b MOREHEAD STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Educational reform; Postsecondary enrollment; School accountability; Student poverty

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645788902     PISSN: 10875549     EISSN: 15407608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J134v07n04_02     Document Type: Article

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