New schools, new students, new teachers: Evaluating the effectiveness of charter schools

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 280-292

  Carruthers, Celeste K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Human capital; School choice

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE; EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN CAPITAL; PRIMARY EDUCATION; SECONDARY EDUCATION; STUDENT;

NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84857357107     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2011.06.001     Document Type: Article

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