Parent involvement in an alternative school for students at risk of educational failure

Education and Urban Society

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 498-523

  Brown, Lionel H ^a   Beckett, Kelvin S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative education; Cincinnati; Education parent involvement; Ohio; Public schools

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547314502     PISSN: 00131245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013124507301579     Document Type: Article

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