Why current education reform efforts will fail

The Gates Foundation and the Future of U.S. "Public" Schools

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 203-220

  Brady, Marion ^a  

^a Semirural High School in Northeastern Ohio   (United States)

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EID: 79956226767     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203834947     Document Type: Chapter

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