Home-town values and high accountability: A Texas recipe for districtwide success in an urban school district

Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 137-165

  Skrla, Linda ^a   Mckenzie, Kathryn Bell ^a   Scheurich, James Joseph ^a   Dickerson, Kimberly L ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY AT NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

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EID: 79957572522     PISSN: 10824669     EISSN: 15327671     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10824669.2011.559902     Document Type: Article

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