Politics, Markets, and America's Schools
- ISBN-10
- 0815714106
- ISBN-13
- 9780815714101
- Category
- Education
- Pages
- 318
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1990-01
- Publisher
- Brookings Institution Press
- Authors
- Terry M. Moe, John E. Chubb
Description
Argues that our nation's schools need autonomy to be effective and that institutional reform is necessary
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