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Grant Maintainted Schools: Education in the Market Place
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The grant-maintained schools and the great reform of education as discussed by the authors, the uptake of the policy local education authorities and opting out, pupils and parents opting out and the education marketplace - two case studies self-governance, diversity and developments.Abstract:
Grant-maintained schools and the great reform of education the grant-maintained schools policy the uptake of the policy local education authorities and opting out going grant-maintained experiencing grant-maintained schools - pupils and parents opting out and the education marketplace - two case studies self-governance, diversity and developments.read more
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