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Going national against the odds

The British government is sensibly seeking to introduce a national curriculum for its schools, but may be defeated by the structure of the system it has inherited—and by some obstacles of its own making.

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Going national against the odds. Nature 334, 637–638 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1038/334637a0

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