Sustaining the comprehensive ideal : the Robert Clack School / Trevor Male, Ioanna Palaiologou.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Male, Trevor, author.

Palaiologou, Ioanna, author.

Series:

Palgrave pivot

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Educational leadership.

Comprehensive high schools--Great Britain.

Comprehensive high schools.

Great Britain.

Educational change--Great Britain.

Educational change.

Educational equalization--Great Britain.

Educational equalization.

Children with social disabilities--Education--Great Britain.

Children with social disabilities.

Children with social disabilities--Education.

Physical Description:

vii, 95 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Pivot, [2019]

Summary:

This book explores the development of educational leadership within difficult contexts via the lens of a previously failing English secondary school in an area of urban poverty. Based on extensive interview data from 2012-2016, the authors demonstrate that the fundamental ethos underpinning the school's improvement is a desire to meet the needs of young people in disadvantaged communities in order to equip them with the skills to allow them to transcend their situation. The authors posit that this school embodies the "comprehensive ideal" of secondary education in England: that education should not be disadvantaged by background, and that the state should provide free and high quality education for all. This book will appeal to students and scholars of comprehensive education and schools in difficult contexts.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9783030341558

3030341550

OCLC:

1129707109