Guest Editor's Introduction

KERSTIN CARLSON LE FLOCH

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The Politics of Preschool in France

The Case of the Loi d'Orientation of 1989

KERSTIN CARLSON LE FLOCH

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French Approaches to Educational Economics

PAUL JEAN-JACQUES

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The School and the Success of Every Student:

It Could Do Better

SYLVAIN BROCCOLICHI and CHOUKRI BEN-AYED

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Educational Policies: An Exemplary Illustration of Public Policies?

ANNE VAN HAECHT

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Educational Administration

A New Context and New Perspectives

YVES DUTERCQ

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