Philanthropic strategies for school reform: An analysis of foundation choices

Educational Policy

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 705-730

  Ferris, James M ^a   Hentschke, Guilbert C ^a   Harmssen, Hilary Joy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Axio Policy Research and Consulting

Author keywords

Educational policy; Educational reform; Policy; School governance

Indexed keywords

EID: 49149124926     PISSN: 08959048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0895904807310035     Document Type: Article

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