Research and community organizing as tools for democratizing educational policymaking

The Future of Educational Change: International Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 136-154

  Oakes, Jeannie ^a,b   Renée, Michelle ^b   Rogers, John ^b   Lipton, Martin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203931424     Document Type: Chapter

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