The role of families and pre-school in educational disadvantage

Oxford Review of Education

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 680-695

  Sylva, Kathy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

early education; educational disadvantage; pre school quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84912078673     PISSN: 03054985     EISSN: 14653915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03054985.2014.979581     Document Type: Article

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