Environmental adaptation and selection: Where are the parents and the public?

Journal of Education Policy

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1995, Pages 43-53

  Goldring, Ellen B ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 21344439055     PISSN: 02680939     EISSN: 14645106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0268093950100505     Document Type: Article

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