Starting the wrong conversations: The public school crisis and "waiting for superman"

Educational Policy

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 368-382

  Swalwell, Katy ^a   Apple, Michael W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

charter schools; educational reform; teacher unions; Waiting for Superman

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952602900     PISSN: 08959048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0895904810397340     Document Type: Review

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