Including parents in school governance: Rhetoric or reality

International Journal of Educational Management

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 667-680

  Ng, Shun Wing ^a  

^a Hong Kong Cancer Institute   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Decentralization of power; Governance; Home school relations; Hong Kong; Parent governors; Parent involvement; Parents; School governance; School based management; Schools

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880765478     PISSN: 0951354X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/IJEM-07-2012-0087     Document Type: Article

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