Message in a model: Teachers' responses to a court-ordered mandate for curriculum reform

Educational Policy

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 661-685

  Ryan, Sharon ^a,b  

^a Dept of Early Childhood Education ^*  (United States)

^b Rutgers University   (United States)

Author keywords

Early childhood; Policy; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

EID: 7544245579     PISSN: 08959048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0895904804268807     Document Type: Review

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