"Turnaround" as Shock Therapy: Race, Neoliberalism, and School Reform

Urban Education

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 232-256

  Johnson, Amanda Walker ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

racism; school reform; urban education

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875120301     PISSN: 00420859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042085912441941     Document Type: Article

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