School Effectiveness and the Displacement of Equity Discourses in Education

Race Ethnicity and Education

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 237-258

  Rassool, Naz ^a   Morley, Louise ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0000960416     PISSN: 13613324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/713693043     Document Type: Article

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