Small districts in big trouble: How four Arizona school systems responded to charter competition

Teachers College Record

Volumn 103, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1102-1124

  Hess, Frederick ^a   Maranto, Robert ^b   Milliman, Scott ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0035540328     PISSN: 01614681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0161-4681.00144     Document Type: Article

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