What can be done to improve struggling high schools?

Journal of Economic Perspectives

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 133-152

  Cullen, Julie Berry ^a   Levitt, Steven D ^b   Robertson, Erin ^c   Sadoff, Sally ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c University of Chicago   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84878481726     PISSN: None     EISSN: 08953309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/jep.27.2.133     Document Type: Conference Paper

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