Small schools, large districts: Small-school reform and New York City's students

Teachers College Record

Volumn 110, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1837-1878

  Iatarola, Patrice ^a   Schwartz, Amyellen ^b,c   Stiefel, Leanna ^d   Chellman, Colin C ^b,d  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Institute for Education and Social Policy

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 54049148125     PISSN: 01614681     EISSN: 14679620     Source Type: Journal    
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