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Title Education and poverty in affluent countries / edited by Carlo Raffo [and others]
Published New York : Routledge, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 253 pages)
Series Routledge research in education ; 31
Routledge research in education ; 31.
Contents Education and poverty in affluent countries: an introduction to the book and the mapping framework / Carlo Raffo [and others] -- The mapping framework, research literature, and policy implications within a functionalist perspective / Carlo Raffo [and others] -- The mapping framework, research literature, and policy implications within a socially critical perspective / Carlo Raffo [and others] -- Neo-liberal urban education policy : Chicago, a paradigmatic case of the production of inequality, and racial exclusion / Pauline Lipman -- Inclusive school leadership strategies in disadvantaged schools based on student and community voice : implications for Australian educational policy / John Smyth -- Effectiveness and disadvantage in education : can a focus on effectiveness aid equity in education? / Daniel Muijs -- High hopes in a changing world : social disadvantage, educational expectations, and occupational attainment in three British cohort studies / Ingrid Schoon -- Area-based initiatives in English education : what place for place and space? / Ruth Lupton -- A critical pedagogy of global place : regeneration in and as action / Pat Thomson -- Leaving school and moving on : poverty, urban youth and learning identities / Meg Maguire -- The challenges of poverty and urban education in Canada : lessons from two school boards / Jane Gaskell and Ben Levin -- Policy and the policy process / Helen Gunter [and others] -- Poverty and educational policy initiatives: a review / Carlo Raffo [and others] -- What is to be done? : implications for policy makers / Alan Dyson [and others]
Summary Brings together scholarship and analysis from some of the most influential scholars on education to provide a comprehensive mapping of research evidence and policy strategies about education and poverty in affluent countries
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-246) and index
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Subject Children with social disabilities -- Education -- Developed countries -- Cross-cultural studies
Educational equalization -- Developed countries -- Cross-cultural studies
Poverty -- Developed countries -- Cross-cultural studies
EDUCATION -- Students & Student Life.
Children with social disabilities -- Education
Educational equalization
Poverty
Developed countries
Genre/Form Electronic books
Cross-cultural studies
Form Electronic book
Author Raffo, Carlo.
ISBN 9780203860335
0203860330