Is 'school effectiveness' anti-democratic?

British Journal of Educational Studies

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 89-112

  Wrigley, Terry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accountability; Democracy; Education policy; Leadership; School effectiveness; School improvement

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038181347     PISSN: 00071005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8527.t01-4-00228     Document Type: Review

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