Recruiting and Using Volunteers in Meaningful Ways in Secondary Schools

NASSP Bulletin

Volumn 85, Issue 627, 2001, Pages 46-52

  Burke, Mary Ann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84992813006     PISSN: 01926365     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/019263650108562705     Document Type: Article

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