School-to-school cooperation as a strategy for improving student outcomes in challenging contexts

School Effectiveness and School Improvement

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 93-112

  West, Mel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Collaboration; School improvement; Urban schools

Indexed keywords

EID: 76649102130     PISSN: 09243453     EISSN: 17445124     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09243450903569767     Document Type: Article

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