Managing community: Professional community in charter schools operated by educational management organizations

Educational Administration Quarterly

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 306-348

  Bulkley, Katrina E ^a   Hicks, Jennifer ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Charter schools; Educational management organizations (EMOs); Professional community; School autonomy; School privatization

Indexed keywords

EID: 15844381592     PISSN: 0013161X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013161X04269594     Document Type: Article

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