Competitive Federalism and Race to the Top Application Decisions in the American States

Educational Policy

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 160-184

  Nicholson Crotty, Sean ^a   Staley, Tucker ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

federal policy; politics of education; state policies

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857736747     PISSN: 08959048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0895904811428974     Document Type: Article

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