Going Public: Who Leaves a Large, Longstanding, and Widely Available Urban Voucher Program?

American Educational Research Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 231-256

  Cowen, Joshua M ^a   Fleming, David J ^b   Witte, John F ^c   Wolf, Patrick J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b FURMAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d University of Arkansas   (United States)

Author keywords

school choice; student mobility; urban education

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859373667     PISSN: 00028312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0002831211424313     Document Type: Article

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