Circles of influence: An analysis of charter school location and racial patterns at varying geographic scales;Círculos de influencia: Un análisis de la ubicación y de los patrones raciales de las escuelas charter a diferentes escalas geográficas

Education Policy Analysis Archives

Volumn 19, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Gulosino, Charisse ^a   d'Entremont, Chad ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Charter schools; GIS; Mapping; School choice; School enrollments; Segregation

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955740066     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10682341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14507/epaa.v19n8.2011     Document Type: Article

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