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Education, Disadvantage and Place: Making the Local Matter
Kirstin Kerr
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Description for Education, Disadvantage and Place: Making the Local Matter
Paperback. Challenging current thinking, this important book is the first to focus on the role of area-based initiatives to tackle the link between education, disadvantage and place. Aimed at all those actively seeking to tackle disadvantage, including policymakers, practitioners, academics and students. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; JNF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 14. Weight in Grams: 378.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Bristol University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781447311201
SKU
V9781447311201
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99-50
About Kirstin Kerr
Kirstin Kerr is a Lecturer in Education and researcher in the Centre for Equity in Education at The University of Manchester Alan Dyson is Professor of Education and Co-Director of the Centre for Equity in Education at The University of Manchester Carlo Raffo is Professor of Urban Education at The University of Manchester
Reviews for Education, Disadvantage and Place: Making the Local Matter
"Written in a style which will find favour with practitioners seeking a clear link between evidence and policy, and postgraduate students and academics researching in the fields of community, local government, education, and disadvantage." LSE Review of Books blog "A path-breaking book that provides strategies and lessons learned for professionals and concerned citizens world wide." Hal A. Lawson PhD, University ... Read more