The high school "space race": Implications of a school-choice market environment for a Michigan metropolitan region

Education and Urban Society

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 26-54

  Militello, Matthew ^a   Metzger, Scott Alan ^b   Bowers, Alex J ^c  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Capital expenditures; Case study; Policy urban school impact; School choice; School finance

Indexed keywords

EID: 53349089283     PISSN: 00131245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013124508321358     Document Type: Article

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