Getting a feel for the market: The use of privatized school management in Philadelphia

American Journal of Education

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 437-455

  Byrnes, Vaughan ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 66749143686     PISSN: 01956744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/597486     Document Type: Article

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