TITLE

Single-gender academies generate long waiting lists

PUB. DATE
October 1997
SOURCE
Thrust for Educational Leadership;Oct97, Vol. 27 Issue 2, p7
SOURCE TYPE
Periodical
DOC. TYPE
Article
ABSTRACT
Reports on the use of a state program by California school districts to create single-sex academies. Amount of granted given to districts creating the schools; US Department of Education's establishment of rules governing such schools.
ACCESSION #
9710275065

Tags: SINGLE sex schools

 

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