Talent development middle schools: Blueprint and results for a comprehensive whole school reform model

Schooling Students Placed at Risk: Research, Policy, and Practice in the Education of Poor and Minority Adolescents

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 261-

  Maciver, Douglas J ^a   Maciver, Martha A ^a   Balfanz, Robert ^a   Plank, Stephen B ^a   Ruby, Allen ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781410605597-21     Document Type: Chapter

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