Building a political constituency for urban school reform

Urban Education

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 484-512

  Warren, Mark R ^a  

^a HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION   (United States)

Author keywords

accountability; community organizing; equity; school reform

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953677514     PISSN: 00420859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042085910377441     Document Type: Article

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