Diversifying Schools and Leveraging School Improvement: A Comparative Analysis of The English Radical, and Singapore Conservative, Specialist Schools' Policies

British Journal of Educational Studies

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 439-458

  Dimmock, Clive ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

academies; England; free schools; leadership; niche schools; school improvement; Singapore; social justice; specialist schools

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865818777     PISSN: 00071005     EISSN: 14678527     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00071005.2011.636732     Document Type: Article

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