Financial management of New York's charter schools: A normative, descriptive, and prescriptive analysis

Journal of School Choice

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 368-396

  Brent, Brian O ^a   Finnigan, Kara S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Charter schools; Finance; Financial management

Indexed keywords

EID: 74249101074     PISSN: 15582159     EISSN: 15582167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15582150903425772     Document Type: Article

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