Charter schools and the panoptic effect of accountability

Education and Urban Society

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 201-215

  Opfer, V Darleen ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0035530441     PISSN: 00131245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013124501332008     Document Type: Review

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