State reform and local capacity: Encouraging ambitious instruction for all and local decision-making

Journal of Education Policy

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 465-482

  Jennings, Nancy E ^a   Spillane, James P ^b  

^a BOWDOIN COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0642378375     PISSN: 02680939     EISSN: 14645106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0268093960110405     Document Type: Article

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