Parent and student voices on the first year of the DC Opportunity Scholarship Program

Peabody Journal of Education

Volumn 82, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 311-386

  Stewart, Thomas ^a   Wolf, Patrick J ^b   Cornman, Stephen Q ^c,d  

^a Symphonic Strategies ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^d GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 34547234146     PISSN: 0161956X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01619560701312988     Document Type: Review

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