Leading multi‐ethnic schools: adjustments in concepts and practices for engaging with diversityFootnote¹

1. An earlier version of this paper was presented at the Seventh International Conference on Education held at the Athens Institute for Education and Research (ATINER), May 20–22, 2005, in Athens, Greece.

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