Promoting equity in schools : collaboration, inquiry and ethical leadership / Jess Harris, Suzanne Carrington and Mel Ainscow ; with Barbara Comber, Lisa Catherine Ehrich, Val Klenowski, Judy Smeed and Nerida Spina.

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Harris, Jess [Browse]
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Book
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English
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  • Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2018.
  • ©2018
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xiv, 181 pages ; 23 cm

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    Around the world, countries are searching for ways of making their schools more effective for all children and young people. This book offers a new way of thinking about how to address this challenge. It sees improvement as requiring a collective effort that involves contributions from all members of a school community. Crucial to this is the idea of ethical leadership. Bringing together practitioner knowledge and ideas from research carried out from a variety of perspectives, the authors provide rich accounts of what happened when the schools attempted to become more inclusive and fairer. In doing so, they throw light on the challenges this presents for school leaders. The accounts presented in the book are located in Queensland, Australia, where the school system faces significant challenges in relation to equity that resonates with similar difficulties around the world. These difficulties relate to policies that emphasize high-stakes testing and school choice, which tend to promote increased segregation, to the particular disadvantage of young people from low-income and minority backgrounds. The arguments presented suggest that even where worrying policies are in place, schools with leadership driven by a commitment to equity can still find space to develop more equitable ways of working.--Publisher's description.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-176) and index.
    Contents
    • Machine generated contents note: 1.Addressing the challenge of equity / Suzanne Carrington
    • 2.A collaborative action research network / Jess Harris
    • 3.Using accountability data as a catalyst / Suzanne Carrington
    • 4.Listening to the voices of teachers / Jess Harris
    • 5.Students as active participants / Suzanne Carrington
    • 6.A whole-school approach to change / Jess Harris
    • 7.Sharing knowledge beyond the school gate / Jess Harris
    • 8.Making sense of ethical leadership / Suzanne Carrington
    • 9.Speaking to policy and practice: implications for change / Suzanne Carrington.
    ISBN
    • 9781138095519 (hardcover)
    • 1138095516 (hardcover)
    • 9781138095526 (paperback)
    • 1138095524 (paperback)
    LCCN
    2017015607
    OCLC
    982653263
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