Can virtual schools thrive in the real world?

TechTrends

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 57-62

  Wang, Yinying ^a   Decker, Janet R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

school performance; student achievement; virtual schools

Indexed keywords

EID: 84919883825     PISSN: 87563894     EISSN: 15597075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11528-014-0804-z     Document Type: Article

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