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ERIC Number: EJ561915
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
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ISSN: ISSN-0305-4985
"Between a Rock and a Hard Place": Diversity, Institutional Identity and Grant-maintained Schools.
Fitz, John; Halpin, David; Power, Sally
Oxford Review of Education, v23 n1 p17-30 Mar 1997
Considers the extent to which grant-maintained schools (state-supported but self-governing) in Britain have contributed to the diversification of the system. Argues that the private schools have yet to provide programs that are innovative or ground breaking. Includes excerpts from interviews with nine grant-maintained school headmasters. (MJP)
Descriptors: Diversity (Institutional), Educational Administration, Educational Equity (Finance), Educational Finance, Educational Innovation, Educational Objectives, Educational Policy, Foreign Countries, Government School Relationship, Politics of Education, Private Education, Private School Aid, Public Education, School Choice, Secondary Education
Publication Type: Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Great Britain