Making Public Policy: The New Philanthropists and American Education.
Power in K-12 education is rapidly moving from local school boards and government to extraordinarily wealthy private philanthropists. Building networks among nonprofits, government agencies, school districts, and others, private foundations such as the Gates, Broad, and Walton family foundations are...
| Publicado en: | American Journal of Economics & Sociology Vol. 74; no. 4; pp. 743 - 775 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Sep2015
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