Using youth advocates for mentoring at-risk students in Urban settings

Children and Schools

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 122-127

  Broussard, C Anne ^a   Mosley Howard, Susan ^b   Roychoudhury, Anita ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33748430789     PISSN: 15328759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cs/28.2.122     Document Type: Review

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