Dissent from within: How educational insiders use protest to create policy change

Educational Policy

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 655-686

  Grossman, Frank D ^a  

^a SWARTHMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Educational policy; Educational reform; Politics of education; Social movements; Standards reform

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953841148     PISSN: 08959048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0895904809335110     Document Type: Article

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