The disaster of the 'self-managing school' - genesis, trajectory, undisclosed agenda, and effects

Journal of Educational Administration and History

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 95-117

  Smyth, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

Author keywords

Critical policy analysis; Educational delusion; Local school management; Self managing school; Site based management

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953894413     PISSN: 00220620     EISSN: 14787431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220620.2011.560253     Document Type: Article

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100. Ibid., 4.