TRENDS AND ISSUES IN DEREGULATION AND DECENTRALIZATION OF EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION IN JAPAN

Education in the Asia-Pacific Region

Volumn 8, Issue , 2006, Pages 97-113

  Muta, Hiromitsu ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Educational Administration; Educational Reform; General Education; Lower Secondary School; School Choice

Indexed keywords

EID: 59649090864     PISSN: 15735397     EISSN: 22149791     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-4358-1_7     Document Type: Chapter

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