Eamon Marren, Education Officer,
Borough of Kingston and
Rosalind Levač ič, Centre for
Educational Policy and Management
at the Open University, report on
research in which they examine the
positive and negative views of the Local
Management of Schools held by senior
managers, governors and classroom
teachers in 11 case study schools within
one LEA.
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