Educational or Social Reform? Students Inform the Debate Over Improving Urban Schools

Education and Urban Society

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 247-273

  Taines, Cynthia ^a  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

educational reform; school improvement; students; urban education

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859810621     PISSN: 00131245     EISSN: 15523535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013124510392566     Document Type: Article

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