Changing Life Chances: Practical Projects and Endeavours in Schools: Practical Projects and Endeavours in Schools: Guidance For School Improvement Planning - Softcover

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The link between a child’s background and their chance of success at school and in later life is known to be strong. But it is not the determining factor–schools can and do make a real difference to learning outcomes. This book describes a range of effective practical projects in schools and the principles underlying good practice.

Chapters consider
* issues of social class and socio-economic disadvantage
* issues relating to ethnicity, gender and disability
* special educational needs
* the needs of young people from Gypsy, Roma and Traveller backgrounds
* a project on language, especially the concept of academic language
* modifying teachers’ expectations and assumptions
* transition arrangements between primary and secondary schools.

The book is a follow-up to the best-selling Trentham handbooks by Robin Richardson: Here, There and Everywhere (2005) and Holding Together (2009). It has the same engaging layout, with much use of case-studies, stories and pithy quotations. Most, though not all, of the practical examples are drawn from one local authority, Derbyshire, but are of wide relevance and interest, both nationally and internationally.

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