Flexibility meets accountability: State charter school laws and their influence on the formation of charter schools in the United States

Policy Studies Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 563-587

  Shober, Arnold F ^a   Manna, Paul ^b   Witte, John F ^c  

^a LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Dept of Economics and Thomas Jefferson Program in Public Policy at the College of William and Mary   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Accountability; Charter schools; Flexibility; State policy; Values

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTABILITY; EDUCATION; EDUCATION POLICY; POLITICAL INTEGRATION; STATE ROLE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33845536270     PISSN: 0190292X     EISSN: 15410072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-0072.2006.00191.x     Document Type: Article

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