Beliefs in Context: Understanding Language Policy Implementation at a Systems Level

Educational Policy

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 573-605

  Hopkins, Megan ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

bilingual education; language policy; policy implementation; state policies

Indexed keywords

EID: 84967221967     PISSN: 08959048     EISSN: 15523896     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0895904814550073     Document Type: Article

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