Ethnic minorities and education : new disadvantages / Sally Tomlinson -- Boys' underachievement : social class and changing masculinities / Helen Lucey and Valerie Walkerdine -- Pupil absenteeism in the primary school / Tim Carroll -- Promoting the educational achievement of looked-after children / Sonia Jackson -- Social disadvantage and disruptive behaviour in school / Maurice Chazan -- Recognizing differences : reinterpreting family involvement in early literacy / Eve Gregory -- Early childhood education to ensure a 'fair start' for all / Kathy Sylva -- Pupils' perspectives on their education / Theo Cox -- Can school improvement overcome the effects of disadvantage? / Peter Mortimore and Geoff Whitty -- LEAs : the problem or the solution? / Anne Sofer -- Combating unequal access to education : the work of a local education authority educational psychology service / Irvine S. Gersch [and others] -- Co-ordinated services for disadvantaged children : an international perspective / Peter Evans -- Social, economic and political climate in the United States and the education of people of colour / Carl A. Grant and Lavonne J. Williams -- Support for lifelong learning / John MacBeath
Summary
International contributors focus on the challenges to the educational system posed by children and young people who experience a variety of social and economic disadvantages
