Charter Management Organizations: An Emerging Approach to Scaling Up What Works

Educational Policy

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 499-532

  Farrell, Caitlin ^a   Wohlstetter, Priscilla ^a   Smith, Joanna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

charter management organization; charter school; education reform; educational improvement; growth; networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863730566     PISSN: 08959048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0895904811417587     Document Type: Article

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