Charter school type matters when examining funding and facilities: Evidence from California

Education Policy Analysis Archives

Volumn 13, Issue , 2005, Pages 1-27

  Krop, Cathy ^a,b   Zimmer, Ron ^a,b  

^a RAND   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

School choice; School finance

Indexed keywords

EID: 29144437790     PISSN: 10682341     EISSN: 10682341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14507/epaa.v13n50.2005     Document Type: Review

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