Schools of promise: A school district-university partnership centered on inclusive school reform

Remedial and Special Education

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 192-205

  Causton Theoharis, Julie ^a   Theoharis, George ^a   Bull, Thomas ^a   Cosier, Meghan ^a   Dempf Aldrich, Kathy ^b  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Syracuse City School District   (United States)

Author keywords

inclusion; professional development; school reform; service delivery; special education; teacher attitudes

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955414075     PISSN: 07419325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0741932510366163     Document Type: Article

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