The short-run impact of using lotteries for school admissions: Early results from Brighton and Hove's reforms

Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 149-166

  Allen, Rebecca ^a   Burgess, Simon ^b   Mckenna, Leigh ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Education inequality; School access; School admissions reforms; School lottery; Segregation

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION POLICY; EDUCATION REFORM; STUDENT;

EID: 84870752241     PISSN: 00202754     EISSN: 14755661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-5661.2012.00511.x     Document Type: Article

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