Education accountability as a presidential priority: No child left behind and the Bush presidency

Publius: The Journal of Federalism

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 333-350

  Wong, Kenneth ^a   Sunderman, Gail ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Harvard Civil Rights Project

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EID: 44849138485     PISSN: 00485950     EISSN: 17477107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/publius/pjm011     Document Type: Article

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