"More justiceg": The role of organized labor in educational reform

Educational Policy

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 216-241

  Rogers, John S ^a   Terriquez, Veronica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Equity; Labor; Organizing; School reform

Indexed keywords

EID: 57849120263     PISSN: 08959048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0895904808328529     Document Type: Article

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