Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; Foreword by; Acknowledgements; Introduction: an international perspective on school effectiveness; The effective school: towards a framework of understanding; Community perceptions of effective schools; Effective schools: the case studies; The core-plus school; Developing the core-plus school: a model for action; Leadership in the core-plus school; Process issues for core-plus education; From community needs to core-plus policies; Programmes in the core-plus school; Financing and managing the core-plus school
Afterword: a vision for the next centuryBibliography; Index
Summary
Combines knowledge of school effectiveness and community education to shed new light on the management of schools. Townsend argues for greater community in involvement in schooling as a whole
