School choice or schools' choice? managing in an era of accountability

Sociology of Education

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 227-247

  Jennings, Jennifer L ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

accountability; principals; school choice; social networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955890915     PISSN: 00380407     EISSN: 19398573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0038040710375688     Document Type: Article

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