Achieving excellence and equity: Reflections on the development of practices in one local district over 10 years

School Effectiveness and School Improvement

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 75-92

  Ainscow, Mel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Communities of practice; Equity; Networking

Indexed keywords

EID: 76649086070     PISSN: 09243453     EISSN: 17445124     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09243450903569759     Document Type: Article

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