Success Against the Odds - Five Years On
Subtitle: Revisiting Effective Schools in Disadvantaged Areas
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: RoutledgeFalmer
Published: July 10, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 384
ISBN-13: 9780415253383
Subjects: Organization & management of education; Schools; Social issues; c 1990 to c 2000; Education / Teaching; School Management And Discipline; School improvement programs; Education; British Isles; Educational Policy & Reform; Administration - General; Special Education - Socially Handicapped; Education / General; Children with social disabilit; Decision Making & Problem Solving; Case studies; Children with social disabilities; Great Britain
First sentence: In the book Success against the Odds (Routledge, 1996) a study on effective schools in disadvantaged areas, under the auspices of the National Commission on Education, the account of Blaengwrach School concluded with the following remarks: In Blaengwrach School there is a commitment to excellence, to high expectations and to partnerships with parents, the community and local industry.