The Human Costs of Education Reform: The Case of School Reconstitution

Educational Administration Quarterly

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 635-666

  Rice, Jennifer King ^a   Malen, Betty ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Accountability; Cost; School reconstitution

Indexed keywords

EID: 2342622096     PISSN: 0013161X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013161X03257298     Document Type: Article

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