Endangering prosperity: A global view of the American school

Endangering Prosperity: A Global View of the American School

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 1-148

  Hanushek, Eric A ^a   Peterson, Paul E ^a   Woessmann, Ludger ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

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