POLS 217: Education Reform in America: Politics and Policy (HC)

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      "public schools"  "united states" (policy OR policies) [Keyword search] Limit to titles from 2000-2020        

      "public schools" "united states" AND ("government policy" OR "education and state")  [Subject]     

       ("african american*" OR blacks OR racis*) [Keyword] AND (schools "united states") [Subject]  Sorted by the newest titles first      

       ("educational change" OR reform*) AND politic* [Keywords] AND (school* "united states") [Subject]        

       "charter schools" [Subject] AND (leader* OR financ* OR social) [Keywords]       

**  Try opening a search above and replace one of the topics with your subject interest.

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