Collegiates as a model for collaboration: A new strategy for school improvement?

Management in Education

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 28-34

  Rutherford, Desmond ^a   Jackson, Lindsay ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b Birmingham Health Authority   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Collaboration; Evaluation; Secondary schools; Success; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 47149103920     PISSN: 08920206     EISSN: 17419883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0892020608093262     Document Type: Conference Paper

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