Book Cover; Title; Contents; Map: location of case study schools; Introduction: building for improvement and sustaining change in schools serving disadvantaged communities; Blaengwrach Primary School; Columbia Primary School; Crowcroft Park Primary School; Fair Furlong Primary School; Lochgelly North Special School; Burntwood Secondary Girls' School; Haywood High School; Hazelwood College; St Michael's Roman Catholic Comprehensive School; Selly Park Technology College for Girls; Sutton Centre; Further lessons in success; METHODOLOGY AND GUIDELINES FOR AUTHORS; TERMINOLOGY USED IN CASE STUDIES
Summary
In 1996 Routledge published Success Against the Odds, which looked at how a sample of schools in a variety of disadvantaged areas managed to be effective, despite the odds being stacked against them. Since that time much has been written on school improvement and raising standards. Success Against the Odds - Five Years On revisits the eleven schools that were studied in the first book to see if they are still managing to do well in the current climate. The book looks at what has been learnt and developed in the field of school improvement and effectiveness during the period between 1995 and 20
