Maggie's day: A small-scale analysis of English education policy

Journal of Education Policy

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 639-656

  Thomson, Pat ^a   Hall, Christine ^a   Jones, Ken ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attainment; England; Equity; School; Space time

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957860994     PISSN: 02680939     EISSN: 14645106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02680931003783346     Document Type: Article

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