No child left behind: Neglecting excellence

Roeper Review

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 24-27

  Gentry, Marcia ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85007839639     PISSN: 02783193     EISSN: 1940865X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02783190609554380     Document Type: Article

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