How critical events rather than performance trends shape public evaluations of the schools

Urban Review

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 159-178

  Pride, Richard A ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical events; Media content; Performance trends; Public opinion; Race; Ratings of the schools; Social movements

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947270084     PISSN: 00420972     EISSN: 15731960     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1015314400780     Document Type: Article

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