Drawing on rich qualitative data, these internationally renowned authors reveal how Black Caribbean middle-class parents attempt to navigate their children successfully through the school system, and defend them against low expectations and other manifestations of racism/discrimination.
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Informed by the experiences of 772 Black churches, this book relies on a multidisciplinary, mixed-methodological lens to examine h..
In Engaging Schooling, the authors use case studies to engagingly demonstrate how schools can use pedagogical change to enable students from low-SES b..
Modernising School Governance addresses a set of politically urgent concerns relating to the role of corporate planning and expert handling to state e..
The transition to adulthood for many is mediated by class, culture, and local/global influences on identity. This volume analyzes the global injustice..
Research in school success in contemporary China has argued that market reforms have reproduced the advantages for students from cadre and professiona..
Globalization and migration have led to a new era of populism and racism in Western countries, rekindling traditional forms of discrimination through ..
This book explores the multiple, interrelated social contexts that young people inhabit and navigate, and how educational institutions cope with incre..
The contributors of this collection consider the issues relating to gender from these different settings and discuss their findings with reference to ..
This book develops the current debate on the extent to which education is a force for change in a class-divided society, placing notions of class, pow..