To have and to have not: The socioeconomics of charter schools

Education and Urban Society

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 248-279

  Bancroft, Kim ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Charter schools; School reform; Socioeconomic context

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149134232     PISSN: 00131245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013124508325674     Document Type: Article

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