Charter schools and urban education improvement: A comparison of Newark's district and charter schools

Urban Review

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 291-311

  Barr, Jason M ^a   Sadovnik, Alan R ^a   Visconti, Louisa ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Charter schools; Educational achievement; Urban education

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846417598     PISSN: 00420972     EISSN: 15731960     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11256-006-0037-3     Document Type: Article

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