Addressing the inclusion imperative: An urban school district's responses

Education Policy Analysis Archives

Volumn 21, Issue , 2013, Pages

  DeMatthews, David Edward ^a   Mawhinney, Hanne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Inclusion; Policy; School districts; Special education; Urban education

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880807326     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10682341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14507/epaa.v21n61.2013     Document Type: Article

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