Governments and education reform: Some lessons from the last 50 years

Journal of Education Policy

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 739-747

  Levin, Ben ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Education policy; Government; Politics; Reform

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649388281     PISSN: 02680939     EISSN: 14645106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02680939.2010.523793     Document Type: Article

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