Do teacher unions hinder educational performance? Lessons learned from state SAT and ACT scores

Harvard Educational Review

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 437-466

  Steelman, Lala Carr ^a   Powell, Brian ^b   Carini, Robert M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE

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EID: 0034344653     PISSN: 00178055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17763/haer.70.4.w17t1201442683k6     Document Type: Article

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