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ACADEMIES AND EDUCATIONAL REFORM
GOVERNANCE, LEADERSHIP AND STRATEGY |
| By: |
Elizabeth Leo, David Galloway, Phil Hearne |
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Paperback |
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| ISBN 10: |
1847693156 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781847693150 |
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| Publisher: |
CHANNEL VIEW PUBLICATIONS LTD |
| Pub. date: |
1 October, 2010 |
| Pages: |
240 |
| Description: |
Academies were developed to replace schools struggling to educate children and young people living in disadvantaged communities. This book considers what has distinguished academies from other secondary schools and whether academies can legitimately be seen as an effective way to achieve sustained improvement in state schools. |
| Synopsis: |
Behind the headlines and controversy surrounding new academy schools, many of their principals, teachers and pupils have been quietly changing the culture of learning and achievement in some of the most disadvantaged communities in England. While successful innovation and change is not unique to academies, this book illustrates how the academy policy represents a significant opportunity to improve the life chances of their pupils. Too much attention has focused on unanswerable questions about whether academies are better or worse than their predecessor or comparable schools in their neighbourhood. Too little focus has been on what policy makers and practitioners can learn from the different, and often conflicting, perspectives of the key players, notably sponsors, architects, principals, parents and pupils in order to create a school that can truly serve their community with distinction. |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Multilingual Matters |
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