To choose or not to choose: High school choice and graduation in chicago

Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 179-199

  Lauen, Douglas Lee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Evaluation; High school reform; School choice

Indexed keywords

EID: 74349123177     PISSN: 01623737     EISSN: 19351062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0162373709339058     Document Type: Article

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