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This important new book draws lessons from a large-scale initiative to bring about the improvement of an urban education system. Written from an insider perspective by an internationally recognized researcher, it presents a new way of thinking about system change. This builds on the idea that there are untapped resources within schools and the communities they serve that can be mobilized in order to transform schools from places that do well for some children so that they can do well for many more.

Towards Self-improving School Systems presents a strategic framework that can...

Despite consistent improvements in the school systems of over recent years, there are still too many children who miss out. It is not only children from disadvantaged backgrounds attending hard-pressed urban schools that the system is failing - even in the most successful schools there are often groups of learners whose experience of schooling is less than equitable.

As a result of their close involvement with a group of schools serving a predominantly working-class community over five years, the authors of this book offer an analysis of how marginalisation within schools can arise,...

Spanning Mel Ainscow's accomplished 30 year international career in education, the texts in this book trace his efforts to find ways of fostering more...

The last twenty years have seen extensive efforts in many countries to improve the quality of state education systems. The dominant approach has involved top-down methods that have sought to improve educational practice, particularly in respect to teaching and leadership. Whilst evidence suggests that this approach can raise minimum standards, there is a growing recognition that it is not able to equitably bring about the overall levels of performance that are required.

A fundamental challenge for policy makers and practitioners is to continue to improve the performance of their schools...

Spanning Mel Ainscow's accomplished 30 year international career in education, the texts in this book trace his efforts to find ways of fostering more...

Around the world, countries are searching for ways of making their schools more effective for all children and young people. This book offers a new way of thinking about how to address this challenge. It sees improvement as requiring a collective effort that involves contributions from all members of a school community. Crucial to this is the idea of ethical leadership.

Promoting Equity in Schools is written by a team of academic researchers who had a most unusual opportunity to work with a network of schools over three years, experimenting to find more effective ways of...

The aim of this book is to consider how schools and LEAs can develop inclusive policies and practices for students who experience a range of difficulties in learning or behavior. It highlights debates and contradictions about the realities of inclusion and suggests ways in which practice can move forward. The contributors look at key areas of development in special and inclusive education and considers ways in which the latest research can inform practice.

Areas covered include promoting inclusion for all; how to make sense of the Code of Practice SEN Thresholds; working...