Beyond the charter schoolhouse door: Teacher-perceived autonomy

Education and Urban Society

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 524-553

  Gawlik, Marytza A ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Charter schools; Organizational theory; Teacher autonomy

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547271231     PISSN: 00131245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013124507304074     Document Type: Article

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