School Turnaround Policies and Practices in the US Learning from Failed School Reform /

• Main Authors: Murphy, Joseph F. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Bleiberg, Joshua F. (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Education, Equity, Economy, 6
• Subjects: Educational policy.; Education and state.; Educational sociology.; Curriculums (Courses of study).; Education-Curricula.; Assessment.; Schools.; Educational Policy and Politics.; Sociology of Education.; Curriculum Studies.; Assessment, Testing and Evaluation.; Schools and Schooling.

This volume provides an analysis of what we know about turning around "failing" schools in the United States. It starts with an in-depth examination of the barriers that hinder action on turnaround work. The book analyses the reasons why some schools that find themselves in serious academi...