Public schools in marketized environments: Shifting incentives and unintended consequences of competition-based educational reforms

American Journal of Education

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 464-486

  Lubienski, Christopher ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 26444611493     PISSN: 01956744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/431180     Document Type: Review

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