Improving Schools in Difficulty

Paul Clarke is Managing Director of IQEA and is a lecturer at Leeds Metropolitan University.

Frontpiece - a matter of definition Part one: Schools in difficulty: a matter of principle Part two: Improving the process of schools in difficulty Frontpiece - a matter of definition Part one: Schools in difficulty: a matter of principle Working with schools in Extremely Challenging Circumstances. Paul Clarke, David Reynolds & Alma Harris The politics of improvement: what hope now for working-class kids? Terry Wrigley Learning disadvantage and schools in challenging circumstances. Richard Riddell What is special about special measures? Perspectives from the Inside. Maria Nicolaidou Some Issues and Problems in Evaluating Changes and Improvements in 'Low-Performing' Schools. John Gray Improving Schools in Socio-Economically Disadvantaged Areas - A Review of Research Evidence. Daniel Muijs, Alma Harris and Christopher Chapman, Louise Stoll and Jennifer Russ Part two: Improving the process of schools in difficulty Putting our heads together: a study of headteacher collaboration as a strategy for school improvement. Mel Ainscow, Mel West and Maria Nicolaidou Promoting High Expectations in Challenging Circumstances: Meanings, Evidence and Challenges for School Leaders. Louise Stoll and John MacBeath Raising attainment in schools serving communities with high levels of socio-economic disadvantage: The experience of a school in a former coalfield area. Christopher Chapman and Jen Russ Endpiece Legitimacy and Action Paul Clarke