Obama, where art thou? hoping for change in U.S. education policy

Harvard Educational Review

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 309-320

  Au, Wayne ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 68049133161     PISSN: 00178055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17763/haer.79.2.2qp374u658v11770     Document Type: Article

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