System wide reform: The San Francisco unified school district case

Bilingual Research Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 69-87

  Fern, Veronica D ^a   Apodaca, Rosa E ^a   Rojas, Waldemar ^a  

^a San Francisco Unified School District   (United States)

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EID: 85011125884     PISSN: 15235882     EISSN: 15235890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15235882.1999.10162735     Document Type: Article

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