What if there are no 'best practices'?

Scottish Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 156-172

  Hanushek, Eric A ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; EDUCATION POLICY; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; TEACHING;

EID: 2442462371     PISSN: 00369292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0036-9292.2004.00300.x     Document Type: Article

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