The effects of charter school competition on school district resource allocation

Educational Administration Quarterly

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 3-38

  Arsen, David ^a   Ni, Yongmei ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

charter school; competitive effect; resource allocation; school finance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856257767     PISSN: 0013161X     EISSN: 15523519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013161X11419654     Document Type: Article

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