Cultures of Blame and Redemption— When Empowerment Becomes Control: Practitioners’ Views of the Effective Schools Movement

School Effectiveness for Whom?: Challenges to the School Effectiveness and School Improvement Movements

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 21-32

  Rea, Joe ^a   Weiner, Gaby ^b  

^a OFSTED   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85140107721     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203209257-4     Document Type: Chapter

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