Charter schools: Learning from the past, planning for the future

Journal of Educational Change

Volumn 10, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 173-189

  Hubbard, Lea ^a   Kulkarni, Rucheeta ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Charter schools; Choice; Educational change

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349119459     PISSN: 13892843     EISSN: 15731812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10833-009-9109-y     Document Type: Article

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