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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Gunter, Helen M.; Forrester, Gillian – Critical Studies in Education, 2010
The paper draws on data and theorising from the Knowledge Production in Educational Leadership (KPEL) Project where we have investigated New Labour's education policy and investment in headteachers as school leaders in England. New Labour took up office in May 1997 with a modernisation agenda and the leadership of schools is central to this…
Descriptors: Interviews, Logical Thinking, Educational Change, Foreign Countries
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Gunter, Helen M. – Critical Studies in Education, 2009
Honored by the invitation to read and comment on the papers in this special edition, this final contribution is an appreciation of critical studies in education. This "C" word is dangerous in a neo-liberal world, but as the authors show there is much intellectually practical work that researchers and theorizers are doing. I take my starting point…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Research, Public Education, Quality of Life