High school reform and student engagement

Handbook of Research on Student Engagement

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 515-539

  Davis, Marcia H ^a   McPartland, James M ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-2018-7_25     Document Type: Chapter

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