Raising school performance in the league tables (part 2): Barriers to responsiveness in three disadvantaged schools

British Educational Research Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 227-247

  Woods, Philip A ^a   Levacčić, Rosalind ^b  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0036005491     PISSN: 01411926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01411920120122167     Document Type: Article

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