Brain drain in the rust belt: Can educational reform help to build civic capacity in struggling communities?

Educational Policy

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 731-757

  Mitra, Dana L ^a   Movit, Marcela ^b   Frick, William ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Institute for the Study of Adult Literacy

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bottom up reform; Education reform; High schools; Leadership; Policy formation; Politics; School district; School community partnership

Indexed keywords

EID: 49149087126     PISSN: 08959048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0895904807310038     Document Type: Article

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