Community elders: The roles of parents in a school of "choice"

Urban Review

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-24

  Van Galen, Jane A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON BOTHELL   (United States)

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EID: 34247423906     PISSN: 00420972     EISSN: 15731960     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024620326139     Document Type: Article

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