Schools Making a Difference: Let's Be Realistic! : School Mix, School Effectiveness, and the Social Limits of Reform - Hardcover

Thrupp, Martin

9780335202133: Schools Making a Difference: Let's Be Realistic! : School Mix, School Effectiveness, and the Social Limits of Reform

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0335202136 ISBN 13: 9780335202133

Publisher: Open Univ Pr, 1999

View all copies of this ISBN edition

1 Used

From US$ 53.01

0 New

Thrupp (sociology of education and education policy, U. of Waikato, New Zealand) presents new evidence that advantaged student intake is an important factor, perhaps overshadowing any action by teachers and school leaders, in whether or not a school is effective. He argues that low socioeconomic schools face numerous intake-related constraints that make them highly resistant to improvement efforts. By showing that failing schools are overwhelmed rather than poorly run, he provides a sympathetic reappraisal of the performance of teachers and leaders, and a case for being realistic about how much school reform can accomplish in an unreformed society. Distributed in the US by Taylor and Francis. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.

About the Author

Dr Martin Thrupp lectures in the sociology of education and education policy at the University of Waikato, New Zealand. His previous research and writing has been in the areas of social class and education, school markets and school accountability. He is joint editor of the New Zealand Journal of Educational Studies.

"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.