The Bankrupt "revolution": Running schools like businesses fails the test

Education and Urban Society

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 244-263

  Howard, Robert W ^a   Preisman, Jennifer ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Educational policy; Ouchi; Privatization; William

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846054371     PISSN: 00131245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013124506294861     Document Type: Article

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