Academic optimism and community engagement in urban schools

Journal of Educational Administration

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 542-562

  Kirby, Misty M ^a   DiPaola, Michael F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^b Dept of Economics and Thomas Jefferson Program in Public Policy at the College of William and Mary   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic optimism; Community engagement; Critical success factors; Elementary schools; Student achievement; Students; United States of America; Urban education

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052557669     PISSN: 09578234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09578231111159539     Document Type: Article

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