Context, courses, and the curriculum: Local responses to state policy reform

Educational Policy

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 399-421

  Rossman, Gretchen B ^a   Wilson, Bruce L ^a  

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EID: 21344435450     PISSN: 08959048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0895904896010003005     Document Type: Article

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