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Alfirevic, Burusic, Pavicic and Relja draw on the theoretical discussions provided in the previous chapters of the Palgrave Macmillan volume dedicated to school-effectiveness and educational-management research. They identify the weaknesses of the existing knowledge base and identify the challenges for future research and the public-policy agenda in South-East Europe and beyond.
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Alfirević, N., Burušić, J., Pavičić, J., Relja, R. (2016). School Effectiveness and Educational Management: Toward a New Research and Public-Policy Agenda. In: Alfirević, N., Burušić, J., Pavičić, J., Relja, R. (eds) School Effectiveness and Educational Management. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-29880-1_9
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