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Educational Administration and the Inequality of School Achievement

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Clark, J. (2016). Educational Administration and the Inequality of School Achievement. In: Peters, M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Educational Philosophy and Theory. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-287-532-7_289-1

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