Are charter schools using recruitment strategies to increase student body diversity?

Education and Urban Society

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 62-90

  Eckes, Suzanne E ^a   Trotter, Anne E ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Charter school; Diversity; Recruitment

Indexed keywords

EID: 35148864165     PISSN: 00131245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013124507304012     Document Type: Article

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