Can community and education organizing improve inner-city schools?

Journal of Urban Affairs

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 557-577

  Glickman, Norman J ^a,c   Scally, Corianne P ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; POVERTY; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL SEGREGATION; URBAN AREA; URBAN SOCIETY;

EID: 56549104457     PISSN: 07352166     EISSN: 14679906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9906.2008.00418.x     Document Type: Article

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