What it takes to transform a school inside a juvenile justice facility: The story of the Maya Angelou Academy

Justice for Kids: Keeping Kids Out of the Juvenile Justice System

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 283-305

  Domenici, David ^a,b   Forman Jr , James ^b,c  

^a Maya Angelou Academy at New Beginnings   (United States)

^b Maya Angelou Schools ^*  (United States)

^c GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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