School Turnaround Policies and Practices in the Us: Learning from Failed School Reform

by Murphy

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 academic trouble fail in their efforts to turn themselves around. Beginning with a discussion of what may best be described as "lethal" reasons or the most powerful...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030014339
• ISBN13: 9783030014339
• Release Date: January 2019
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 170 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"