Collaborating for change: How an urban school district and a community-based organization support and sustain school, family, and community partnerships

Teachers College Record

Volumn 111, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1693-1712

  Sanders, Mavis ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 68949149307     PISSN: 01614681     EISSN: 14679620     Source Type: Journal    
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