Living improvement 2: A case study of a secondary school in England

Improving Schools

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 228-244

  McGinity, Ruth ^a   Gunter, Helen M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

researching school; school improvement; socio economic context of schools; university partnerships

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869807237     PISSN: 13654802     EISSN: 14757583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1365480212458864     Document Type: Article

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