Education action zones, empowerment and parents

Educational Research

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 119-128

  Simpson, Donald ^a   Cieslik, Mark ^a  

^a TEESSIDE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Education Action Zones; Empowerment; Governance; Parents

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036623301     PISSN: 00131881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00131880210135269     Document Type: Article

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