What can secondary data analysis tell us about school exclusions in England?

International Journal of Research and Method in Education

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 89-101

  Smith, Emma ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Inequalities; School exclusions; Secondary data analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449585043     PISSN: 1743727X     EISSN: 17437288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17437270902749304     Document Type: Article

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