Spiral of decline or “beacon of hope”: Stories of school choice in a ‘declining’ school;Espiral de Descenso o “faro de Esperanza”: Historias de la elección escolar en una escuela bilingüe

Education Policy Analysis Archives

Volumn 23, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Pearson, Timothy ^a   Wolgemuth, Jennifer R ^b   Colomer, Soria E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bilingual education; Dual language schools; Latina o students; School choice; School segregation; Test score decline

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924566065     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10682341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14507/epaa.v23.1524     Document Type: Article

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