Overview

This highly readable book offers a message of hope in an uncertain world. It provides international analysis and findings from extensive research which reveal patterns of exclusion. It highlights the points of intervention needed to create the conditions for school belonging and offers methodologies and research tools which can be used by practitioners, researchers and leaders in their own contexts.

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9781787359581

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Reviews

'an in-depth and thoughtful examination into belongingness and the important role school leaders can take to support students, teachers, and families. Practitioners, researchers, and graduate students will be left hungry to read more about how to make students feel they belong.' Teachers College Record 'for many readers, particularly those who have been directly involved with the author's Leadership of Place project, this will be an interesting and affirming read.' Teaching Times

Author Information

Kathryn Riley is Professor of Urban Education at IOE, UCL's Faculty of Education and Society, and an international scholar whose work bridges policy and practice. Born in Manchester, she began her work as a volunteer teacher in Eritrea. She has taught in inner-city schools, held political office for the Inner London Education Authority (ILEA) and been a local authority Chief Officer. Her international work included heading up the World Bank’s Effective Schools and Teachers Group.She was first appointed as a Professor in 1993.

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