Learning to succeed at scale

Journal of School Choice

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 8-24

  Higgins, Monica ^a   Hess, Frederick M ^b  

^a HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION   (United States)

^b AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Charter schools; Entrepreneurship; Imprinting; Management; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 70849114689     PISSN: 15582159     EISSN: 15582167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15582150902804993     Document Type: Article

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