“We’re not just whistling Dixie”: Policymakers’ perspectives on state education reform

Reading Research and Instruction

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 289-307

  Atkinson, Terry S ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 34249897794     PISSN: 08860246     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19388070209558373     Document Type: Article

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