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1. School Choice Or Best Systems

   What Improves Education?

   Edited by Margaret C Wang, Herbert J. Walberg

   This book addresses one of the most urgent questions in American society today, one that is currently in the spotlight and hotly debated on all sides: Who shall rule the schools--parents or educators? School Choice or Best Systems: What Improves Education? presents an overview of research and...

   Published February 28th 2001 by Routledge
2. School Choice Or Best Systems

   What Improves Education?

   Edited by Margaret C. Wang, Herbert J. Walberg

   This book addresses one of the most urgent questions in American society today, one that is currently in the spotlight and hotly debated on all sides: Who shall rule the schools--parents or educators? School Choice or Best Systems: What Improves Education? presents an overview of research and...

   Published February 28th 2001 by Routledge
3. Resilience Across Contexts

   Family, Work, Culture, and Community

   Edited by Ronald D. Taylor, Margaret C. Wang

   A number of societal risks pose serious challenges to families' well-being, many of which cut across divisions of class and race. These challenges include: changes in the labor market and economy; the increasing participation of mothers in the labor force; the changing nature of family structure...

   Published February 11th 2000 by Psychology Press
4. Resilience Across Contexts

   Family, Work, Culture, and Community

   Edited by Ronald D. Taylor, Margaret C Wang

   A number of societal risks pose serious challenges to families' well-being, many of which cut across divisions of class and race. These challenges include: changes in the labor market and economy; the increasing participation of mothers in the labor force; the changing nature of family structure...

   Published December 31st 1999 by Psychology Press
5. Social and Emotional Adjustment and Family Relations in Ethnic Minority Families

   Edited by Ronald D. Taylor, Margaret C. Wang, Margaret C Wang

   This collection of essays addresses issues related to the intersection of family relationships and several contexts for the social and emotional development of ethnic minority adolescents. The papers are organized in sections under subtitles which reflect three contextual frames through which these...

   Published February 28th 1997 by Routledge
6. Educational Resilience in inner-city America

   Challenges and Prospects

   Edited by Margaret C Wang, Edmund W. Gordon

   The story of life in inner-city America and the education of its people is often recounted as a tragedy; the ending is often predictable and usually dire, highlighting deficiency, failure, and negative trends. As with most social problems, children and youth in the inner cities are hit hardest. But...

   Published January 31st 1994 by Routledge