'We're not going nowhere': race, urban space, and the struggle for King Elementary School in New Orleans

Critical Studies in Education

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 19-32

  Buras, Kristen L ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

charter schools; educational reform; entrepreneurs; grassroots resistance; neoliberalism; New Orleans; race; space; urban education

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870561746     PISSN: 17508487     EISSN: 17508495     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17508487.2013.741072     Document Type: Article

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