Product Description: Martin Thrupp argues that there has to be a much bigger educational and social justice agenda to school improvement than the managerial approaches typically taken by government policy. He critiques those school improvement texts, courses and consultancies which mostly frame their analyses within the terms of current policy and therefore act to apologise for it...read more

Product Description: 'This closely argued and lively polemic is recommended for all policymakers and practitioners concerned with educational leadership and change' - "BJET". 'Thrupp and Willmott have produced a very important book regarding knowledge claims around issues of policy and practice!...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: “This closely argued and lively polemic is recommended for all policymakers and practitioners concerned with educational leadership and change” BJET “Thrupp and Willmott have produced a very important book regarding knowledge claims around issues of policy and practice…...read more

Product Description: Does an effective school really come about through the actions of teachers and school leaders, or does it also require an advantaged school intake? This question reflects a longstanding research debate about whether or not the social class mix of a school's student intake has much effect on individual achievement...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: This text argues that the faith in educational markets is misplaced. Throughout the English speaking world and now Western Europe and parts of East Asia, parental choice and educational markets are being seen by politicians and policy advisors as the apanacea to problems of low educational standards and social exclusion...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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