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In the USA, the Comer programme assists underachieving urban schools by examining their system and their students. The implications of the successes reported in this volume show that children from all backgrounds can gain vital social and academic skills when education addresses their needs.

This volume reports on the policy-based dimensions, or policy elements, of three successful high schools. The nature and function of these policy elements and the relationship among them constitute what the author terms the policy environment.

This interpretive study investigates the process of implementation of externally imposed educational change. It views implementation as an active process whereby individuals interpret, reinterpret, reform and reconstruct the policy ideas when actively putting them into practice or use.

This ethnography depicts the cultural consequences of a local school closing in a small, rural, predominantly black community. It shows how the dynamics of the community deepen fundamental contradictions between strong beliefs in education (values spoken) and actual conduct (values lived).

The impact of an ethic of care, or its absence, is the focus of the schooling stories that make up this volume. The case studies examine the interconnected level of daily behaviour, describing relationships within various urban school support programmes.

This text advocates theory and practice for the transformation of inner city education through the development and application of critical principles grounded in the postmodern, the moral and possibility. The contributors argue for the construction of a more democratic praxis for urban education.

This text advocates theory and practice for the transformation of inner city education through the development and application of critical principles grounded in the postmodern, the moral and possibility. The contributors argue for the construction of a more democratic praxis for urban education.

This text centres upon full inclusion within the higher education curriculum of such disciplines as women's studies, ethnic studies, criminal studies and teacher education. It has a chapter on each discipline and discusses the topic of marginalization within academia.

This text explores the way in which aspirations and careers get negotiated and are constructed among African-American adolescent males int he context of an urban alternative school. It also explores the issue of school and career failure through an ethnographic account of an alternative program.

This book explores the following questions: What is the relationship between democratic ideals and goodness in education? What are the characteristics of good schooling and how can they be integrated into real policies and practices. What are the greatest challenges facing schools and how are they addressed?

Brings together some ideas on reforming education for 14-18 year olds with a focus on more significant reforms for revisioning of high school. This book provides a context for understanding the rationale, conceptual framework, obstacles, and political context of high school reform.

Brings together some ideas on reforming education for 14-18 year olds with a focus on more significant reforms for revisioning of high school. This book provides a context for understanding the rationale, conceptual framework, obstacles, and political context of high school reform.

Looks at the challenges and triumphs of Black women academicians.