Full Description
Examining primary and secondary schools in disadvantaged areas in a post-industrial city, Schooling the Rustbelt Kids reopens the debate about inequality in schooling arguing that current outcomes-based and standardised policies for disadvantaged schools are not effective.
Contents
Series editor's introduction..First words..1. Vicki and Thanh..2. The city - Photo essay..3. Place of trouble/troubled places..4. bringing particularity into site..5. Rhetoric and resources..6. Staffing matters..7. The policy terrain..8. Principal acts/acts of principle..9. Discourses of equity..10. Doing justice..Appendix..Notes..References..Acknowledgements..Index