Low-fee private schools in England and in less economically developed countries. What can be learnt from a comparison?

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Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 401-413

  Walford, Geoffrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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Christian schools; Low fee schools; Motivations; Private schools; Tooley

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EID: 79956226038     PISSN: 03057925     EISSN: 14693623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03057925.2010.542033     Document Type: Article

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