Improving schools in difficulty / edited by Paul Clarke.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Clarke, Paul, 1961- editor.

Series:

Improving schools series.

Improving schools series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

School improvement programs.

School management and organization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (205 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Continuum, [2005]

Summary:

For the last few years there has been wave after wave of reform aimed at improving a lot of the schools struggling at the bottom of the ladder of performance, and despite what can be interpreted as best intentions, the problem persists. As a social problem it draws down significant sums of public money, it exercises many talented people, and yet, time after time we find that three, four, maybe five years down the road after extended efforts the impact of the work diffuses and the challenges remain, doggedly evident in people''s daily lives. It suggests that perhaps something is wrong in our in

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Contributors; Series Editors'' Introduction; Preface; Frontpiece: A Matter of Definition; Part One: Schools in Difficulty: A Matter of Principle; 1 Challenging the Challenged: Developing an Improvement Programme for Schools Facing Extremely Challenging Circumstances; 2 The Politics of Improvement: What Hope Now for Working-Class Kids?; 3 Learning Disadvantage and Schools in Challenging Circumstances; 4 What is Special about Special Measures? Perspectives from the Inside; 5 Some Issues and Problems in Evaluating Changes and Improvements in ''Low-Performing'' Schools

6 Improving Schools in Socio-Economically Disadvantaged Areas: A Review of Research EvidencePart Two: Improving the Process of Schools in Difficulty; 7 Putting Our Heads Together: A Study of Headteacher Collaboration as a Strategy for School Improvement; 8 Promoting High Expectations in Challenging Circumstances: Meanings, Evidence and Challenges for School Leaders; 9 Raising Attainment in Schools Serving Communities with High Levels of Socio-Economic Disadvantage: The Experience of a School in a Former Coalfield Area; Endpiece: Legitimacy and Action; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L

MN; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781441164063

1441164065

OCLC:

893330759