Student Co-Researchers: How Principals Can Recruit, Train, and Enlist the Help of Students to Examine What Works and Does Not Work in Their Schools

NASSP Bulletin

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 322-342

  Yonezawa, Susan ^a   Jones, Makeba ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

school administrators; school reform; student co researcher; student engagement; student voice

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993775996     PISSN: 01926365     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192636507309810     Document Type: Article

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