School Choice and Educational Inequality in South Korea

Journal of School Choice

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 158-183

  Byun, Soo yong ^a   Kim, Kyung Keun ^b   Park, Hyunjoon ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Korea University   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

educational inequality; High School Equalization Policy; school choice; segregation; South Korea

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862198172     PISSN: 15582159     EISSN: 15582167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15582159.2012.673854     Document Type: Article

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