Charter laws: Disaster, detour, irrelevant, or reform tool?

Journal of School Choice

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 3-22

  Merrifield, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Charter law; Charter schools; Optimal transformation; Price control; Replacement

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008826292     PISSN: 15582159     EISSN: 15582167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J467v01n01_02     Document Type: Article

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