Turnaround Policy and Practice: A Case Study of Turning Around a Failing School with English-Language-Learners

Urban Review

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 349-371

  Reyes, Augustina ^a   Garcia, Andres ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b Harris County Department of Education   (United States)

Author keywords

English Language Learners; Hispanic; No Child Left Behind (NCLB); School policy; Turnaround schools; Urban schools

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883143607     PISSN: 00420972     EISSN: 15731960     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11256-013-0261-6     Document Type: Article

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