Stimulating Reform: Race to the Top, Competitive Grants and the Obama Education Agenda

Educational Policy

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 136-159

  McGuinn, Patrick ^a  

^a DREW UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

federal role in education; no child left behind; race to the top

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857696967     PISSN: 08959048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0895904811425911     Document Type: Article

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