Responsibility and school governance

Educational Policy

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 439-464

  Allen, Ann ^a   Mintrom, Michael ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Accountability; Governance; Public schools; Representation; Responsibility

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952293969     PISSN: 08959048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0895904808330172     Document Type: Article

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