Failure-Free Education?: The Past, Present and Future of School Effectiveness and School Improvement

This collection of David Reynolds' writing brings together for the first time many of his most influential and thought-provoking pieces. Drawing on the author's work from over three decades the individual article, paper and book extracts combine to give a valuable overview of how school effectiveness is both perceived and changing. The individual papers have been updated to reflect recent changes, while fresh material firmly sets the collection within a modern context. Grouped into four coherent sections, the book covers all aspects of school effectiveness, looking at: laying the foundations of the effective school pushing the boundaries trying to influence policy and practice contemporary cutting-edge solutions.

Section 1: Beginnings. Schools Do Make A Difference. Bringing Schools Back In. The Transformative School. Researching in Treliw. Section 2: Normal Science/Developments. Linking SE & SI. Ineffective Schools. SESI in the UK (1996). Section 3: Pushing Out The Boundaries. Improving Schools Study. Teacher Effectiveness. High Reliability. Worlds Apart/World Class Schools. Section 4: The Future of SESI. Response to Critics. Handbook: Final Chapter. Involvement with policy. Conclusions: The Future