The perfect is the enemy of the good: A critique of john merrifield's critique of public charter schools

Journal of School Choice

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 131-141

  Maranto, Robert ^a  

^a VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Charter schools; Competitive pressures; Education markets; Education reform; School choice

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008810455     PISSN: 15582159     EISSN: 15582167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J467v01n02_06     Document Type: Article

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