Sponsors of policy: A network analysis of wealthy elites, their affiliated philanthropies, and charter school reform in Washington State

Teachers College Record

Volumn 116, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Au, Wayne ^a   Ferrare, Joseph J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON BOTHELL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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EID: 84905969951     PISSN: 01614681     EISSN: 14679620     Source Type: Journal    
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