Can a good school help its students overcome the adverse effects of economic disadvantage and family adversity? Recent educational assessment suggests that the answer may be a painful no. Here, however, is a book that contradicts the prevailing pessimism about the possibilities of education. In Fifteen Thousand Hours, Michael Rutter and his colleagues show conclusively that schools can make a difference.
In a three-year study of a dozen secondary schools in a large urban area, Rutter's team found that some schools were demonstrably better than others at promoting the academic...
Can a good school help its students overcome the adverse effects of economic disadvantage and family adversity? Recent educational assessment sugge...
Changing Youth in a Changing Society begins with a complete survey of the problems of youth, showing which disorderspeak during the teenage years. With thisbackground of fact firmly established, Rutter turns to the difficult historical questionsabout whether adolescent disorders aretruly becoming more frequent. Here Ruttershows that the news is not uniformly bad.Some psychosocial problems, such as teenage alcoholism and crime, are still on therise. But other problems, among them themuch heralded generation gap, turn out tobe largely mythical. Still others, like thedecline in educational...
Changing Youth in a Changing Society begins with a complete survey of the problems of youth, showing which disorderspeak during the teenage years. Wit...
In 1992, when Michael Rutter was just 20 years old, he followed in his dad's footsteps and began a career as a professional motorcycle racer. He has been racing ever since. This is his story of highs and lows, survival, luck and persistence, set against the raw, infectious atmosphere of the racing paddock. It is also a story of growing up with a global superstar for a Father; Tony Rutter. Read Michael's account of spending his childhood watching his dad's career - from fighting for world championships to fighting for his life after a devastating crash in 1985. Undeterred, Michael would go on...
In 1992, when Michael Rutter was just 20 years old, he followed in his dad's footsteps and began a career as a professional motorcycle racer. He has b...
