Privatising form or function? Equity, outcomes and influence in American charter schools

Oxford Review of Education

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 498-513

  Lubienski, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

academic outcomes; access; charter schools; equity; marketisation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883489641     PISSN: 03054985     EISSN: 14653915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03054985.2013.821853     Document Type: Article

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