Improvement through collaboration and competition - can the government have it both ways?

Management in Education

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 29-33

  Stevenson, Howard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

collaboration; competition; partnerships; research; schools

Indexed keywords

EID: 84990386646     PISSN: 08920206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0892020607073400     Document Type: Article

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