Closing the gender gap? Issues of gender equity in English secondary schools

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Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 219-242

  Younger, Mike ^a   Warrington, Molly ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 34247846049     PISSN: 01596306     EISSN: 14693739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01596300701289276     Document Type: Review

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