Overview

In England, as in countries across the world, shrinking public funding, growing localism, and increased school autonomy make tackling the link between education, disadvantage and place more important than ever. Challenging current thinking, this important book is the first to focus on the role of area-based initiatives in this struggle. It brings together a wide range of evidence to review the effectiveness of past initiatives, identify promising recent developments, and outline innovative ways forward for the future. It shows how local policymakers and practitioners can actively respond to the complexities of place and is aimed at all those actively seeking to tackle disadvantage, including policymakers, practitioners, academics and students, across education and the social sciences.

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Author:   Kirstin Kerr ,  Alan Dyson (Special Needs Research Centre, School of Education, Communication and Language Sciences, University of Newcastle upon Tyne) ,  Carlo Raffo
Publisher:   Policy Press
Imprint:   Policy Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.476kg
ISBN:  

9781447311195

ISBN 10:   1447311191
Pages:   224
Publication Date:   17 September 2014
Audience:   General/trade ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction; Why place matters in education; Local education systems as products of place: a case study; Learning from the past; Learning from the present; A rationale for a new generation of area-based initiatives; Developing understandings of place as a basis for intervention; Evaluation and monitoring; Governance and accountability; Children and places in hard times: some concluding thoughts.

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A path-breaking book that provides strategies and lessons learned for professionals and concerned citizens world wide. Hal A. Lawson PhD, University at Albany, SUNY

Author Information

Alan Dyson is Professor of Education and Co-Director of the Centre for Equity in Education at The University of Manchester. Kirstin Kerr is a Lecturer in Education and researcher in the Centre for Equity in Education at The University of Manchester. Carlo Raffo is Professor of Urban Education at The University of Manchester.

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