Chapter 3: Education rights and classroom-based litigation: Shifting the boundaries of evidence

Review of Research in Education

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 85-112

  Welner, Kevin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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EID: 77952565545     PISSN: 0091732X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0091732X09349795     Document Type: Article

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