As a short trousered boy of the fifties, John Smyth applies for the post of office boy with a Liverpool based Poster Company, and promptly nicknamed "Everton." The action packed narrative, moving between Liverpool and Belfast, is about Everton's progress up the promotional ladder.
Everton's career is firmly linked with his love for Doreen, the girl he employed as his secretary. Doreen is more loyal that Everton gives her credit form and is a steadying influence in Everton's handling of Jack Purvis, the incorrigible rival who ha the habit of turning up when least wanted.
Everton owes...

Community participation plays a large role in the success or failure of our public schools. This book focuses attention on the problem of inequality in public engagement, considering how race, class, ethnicity, language, and immigration status shape opportunities for engagement. Without the active participation of the public, chances for improving school systems are limited. Without equal opportunity for public engagement, those in the lower reaches of stratified society are left largely on the outside looking in--and that all too easily becomes a self-perpetuating cycle. Public Engagement...

Community participation plays a large role in the success or failure of our public schools. This book focuses attention on the problem of inequality in public engagement, considering how race, class, ethnicity, language, and immigration status shape opportunities for engagement. Without the active participation of the public, chances for improving school systems are limited. Without equal opportunity for public engagement, those in the lower reaches of stratified society are left largely on the outside looking in--and that all too easily becomes a self-perpetuating cycle. Public Engagement...