The effect of communities in schools on high school dropout and graduation rates: Results from a Multiyear, School-Level quasi-experimental study

Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 24-37

  Porowski, Allan ^a   Passa, Aikaterini ^a  

^a ICF INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

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EID: 79952479733     PISSN: 10824669     EISSN: 15327671     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10824669.2011.545977     Document Type: Article

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