Policy rhetoric and the renovation of English schooling: The case of Creative Partnerships

Journal of Education Policy

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 715-727

  Jones, Ken ^a   Thomson, Pat ^b  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Creative partnerships; Innovation; Policy settlement; Rhetoric

Indexed keywords

EID: 56549096552     PISSN: 02680939     EISSN: 14645106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02680930802262692     Document Type: Article

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