Legal and policy issues regarding niche charter schools: Race, religion, culture, and the law

Journal of School Choice

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 85-110

  Eckes, Suzanne E ^a   Fox, Robert A ^b   Buchanan, Nina K ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Hawaii   (United States)

Author keywords

Charter schools; Legal; Niche

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952494952     PISSN: 15582159     EISSN: 15582167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15582159.2011.548252     Document Type: Article

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