The unsafe school choice option: A Model for School Choice-Policy Responses

Journal of School Choice

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 155-178

  Gooden, John S ^a   Harrington, Sonja Y ^a   Findlay, Hyacinth E ^a   King, Gwendolyn V ^a  

^a ALABAMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Group transfer choice option; Individual transfer choice option; No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB); Persistently dangerous schools (PDS); Safe schools; School accountability; School choice; Unsafe school choice option

Indexed keywords

EID: 71049118992     PISSN: 15582159     EISSN: 15582167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15582150802208642     Document Type: Article

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