“I’ve Never Seen People Work So Hard!” Teachers’ Working Conditions in the Early Stages of School Turnaround

Urban Education

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 259-287

  Cucchiara, Maia Bloomfield ^a   Rooney, Erin ^a   Robertson Kraft, Claire ^b  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

school; school reform; teacher development; urban education

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924916041     PISSN: 00420859     EISSN: 15528340     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042085913501896     Document Type: Article

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