No Quick Fixes: Perspectives on Schools in Difficulty

by Stoll; Louise

• ISBN13: 9780750706742
• ISBN10: 0750706740
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 1997-12-01
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

The challenge of school improvement for failing schools is a complex and much debated issue. This text attempts to help those working in, or Working With, Failing Schools and Aims to Contradict The Notion That there are no quick fixes for schools in difficulty.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. vii
Glossary	p. viii
No Quick Fixes: An Introduction	p. 1
Policy	p. 15
The Dark Side of the Moon: Imagining an End to Failure in Urban Education	p. 17
No Slow Fixes Either: How Failing Schools in England are Being Restored to Health	p. 34
LEAs	p. 45
Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea? Implications for School and LEA Development Following an Accelerated Inspection Programme	p. 47
Rising From the Ashes	p. 64
Schools	p. 85
Highbury Grove--From Deconstruction to Reconstruction	p. 86
Turning Around a Struggling School: A Case Study	p. 96
Failing the Failures: The Conflict Between Care and the Curriculum	p. 107
External Facilitators	p. 117
'I Didn't Know He Was Ill': The Role and Value of the Critical Friend	p. 118
'A Trouble-shooter Calls': The Role of the Independent Consultant	p. 133
Conceptual Issues	p. 145
What's Wrong With Our Schools? Understanding 'Ineffective' and 'Failing' Schools	p. 147
The Study and Remediation of Ineffective Schools: Some Further Reflections	p. 163
Who's Failing?	p. 175
The Cruising School: The Unidentified Ineffective School	p. 189
International Perspectives	p. 207
An Anatomy of Ineffectiveness	p. 209
Combating Failure at School: An International Perspective	p. 222
Notes on Contributors	p. 242
Index	p. 247
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