Charter schools as postmodern paradox: Rethinking social stratification in an age of deregulated school choice

Harvard Educational Review

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 172-204

  Wells, Amy Stuart ^a   Lopez, Alejandra ^a   Scott, Janelle ^a   Holme, Jennifer Jellison ^a  

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EID: 0033245323     PISSN: 00178055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17763/haer.69.2.k34475n478v43022     Document Type: Article

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