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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457305103321

Autore

Ainscow Mel

Titolo

Improving Urban Schools [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Maidenhead, : McGraw-Hill Education, 2007

ISBN

1-280-95054-4

0-335-22399-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (183 p.)

Collana

Education in an urbanised society Improving urban schools

Altri autori (Persone)

WestMel

Disciplina

371.20091732

Soggetti

Urban schools

Urban schools - Great Britain

Education, Urban - Great Britain

Education, Special Topics

Theory & Practice of Education

Education

Social Sciences

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Notes onf Contributors; Series Preface; Editors Preface; Preface; Chapter 01; Chapter 02; Chapter 03; Chapter 04; Chapter 05; Chapter 06; Chapter 07; Chapter 08; Chapter 09; Chapter 10; Chapter 11; Chapter 12; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The improvement of urban schools is one of the major challenges facing practitioners and policy-makers today. Issues related to poverty create particular difficulties in urban schools, and the emphasis on market-led improvement strategies has tended to add to these challenges. In addition, strategies for `raising standards¿, as measured by aggregate test and examination results, can result in marginalisation or exclusion of some groups of learners. Drawing on research evidence, Improving Urban Schools addresses the question of how primary and secondary urban schools can be improved in a more i