Education, Disadvantage and Place
Making the Local Matter
Distributed for Bristol University Press
- Contents
- Review Quotes
Introduction
Why place matters in education
Local education systems as products of place: a case study
Learning from the past
Learning from the present
A rationale for a new generation of area-based initiatives
Developing understandings of place as a basis for intervention
Evaluation and monitoring
Governance and accountability
Children and places in hard times: some concluding thoughts
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