Challenges and choices in urban education: The perceptions of teachers and principals

Urban Review

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 211-228

  Voltz, Deborah L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

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EID: 54649084582     PISSN: 00420972     EISSN: 15731960     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023256901974     Document Type: Article

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