INTRODUCTION: Building for improvement and sustaining change in schools serving disadvantaged communities

Success against the Odds: Five Years on: Revisiting Effective Schools in Disadvantaged Areas

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 1-39

  Gray, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85140191431     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203164600-9     Document Type: Editorial

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