Collaborative reform for schools in difficulty

Improving Schools

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 291-301

  Chapman, Christopher ^a   Allen, Tracey ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

challenging circumstances; collaboration; school improvement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993728903     PISSN: 13654802     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1365480206072269     Document Type: Article

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