Understanding how families choose schools

Getting Choice Right: Ensuring Equity and Efficiency in Education Policy

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 40-60

  Hamilton, Laura S ^a   Guin, Kacey ^b  

^a RAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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