How funding shapes the growth of charter management organizations: Is the tail wagging the dog?

Journal of Education Finance

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 150-174

  Wohlstetter, Priscilla ^a   Smith, Joanna ^a   Farrell, Caitlin ^a   Hentschke, Guilbert C ^a   Hirman, Jennifer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 80855141574     PISSN: 00989495     EISSN: 19446470     Source Type: Journal    
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