Students with disabilities in charter schools: What we now know

Focus on Exceptional Children

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1-12

  Rhim, Lauren Morando ^a   McLaughlin, Margaret ^b  

^a Public Impact   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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EID: 84940363689     PISSN: 0015511X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17161/fec.v39i5.6826     Document Type: Article

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