Who Joins Teach For America and Why? Insights Into the “Typical” Recruit in an Urban School District

Education and Urban Society

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 627-649

  Straubhaar, Rolf ^a   Gottfried, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

educational policy; educational reform; teachers; urban education

Indexed keywords

EID: 84981273134     PISSN: 00131245     EISSN: 15523535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013124514541463     Document Type: Article

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