Reinventing urban education in Texas: Charter schools, smaller schools, and the new institutionalism

Education and Urban Society

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 214-224

  Fusarelli, Lance D ^a  

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 22444456541     PISSN: 00131245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013124599031002006     Document Type: Article

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