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Jørgensen, Clara Rübner; Allan, Julie – FORUM: for promoting 3-19 comprehensive education, 2021
The article reports on the efforts to establish a secondary school, set up within the free school legislation, to be comprehensive, serving the diverse population of the city in which it is located. This was achieved through a policy which admitted students from four 'nodes' across the city and gave priority to children with special educational…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary Schools, Admission (School), Heterogeneous Grouping
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Evans, John; Davies, Brian; Rich, Emma; DePian, Laura – British Educational Research Journal, 2013
Drawing on research investigating the impact of health imperatives around obesity, diet and exercise on the actions of teachers and pupils in schools, this paper offers a reflexive account of the relationships between the "noise" of obesity discourse in the public domain, policies forged to tackle health issues and the realities of…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Health Education, Obesity, Eating Habits
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Busher, Hugh; Barker, Bernard – Educational Management & Administration, 2003
Longitudinal study of leadership and transformation of organizational culture in one state school in England in the late 1990s. Explores how three head teachers applied power effectively in three distinct areas: within the school and its departments, with the local government and communities, and with the central government and its agencies.…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Instruction, Leadership