Creating small schools in Chicago: An early look at implementation and impact

Improving Schools

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 7-22

  Kahne, Joseph E ^a   Sporte, Susan E ^b   Easton, John Q ^b  

^a MILLS COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Consortium on Chicago School Research ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

community; ethos; small schools; trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993740412     PISSN: 13654802     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1365480205048929     Document Type: Article

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