Innovative School Reforms: International Perspectives on Reimagining Theory, Policy, and Practice for the Future

Pink, William T.; Beasy, Kim; Maguire, Meg; te Riele, Kitty; Towers, Emma

This book is a curated collection of international chapters focused on the reform of K-12 schools. Three key, yet different cultural, economic, and political settings are highlighted: Australia, the UK, and the US. Within their own context, each author details the required reforms that would maximize learning for all students. The intersectionalities of factors such a race, gender, class, ethnicity, disability, language, and economic inequities, are interrogated for their impact on the efficacy of reform strategies. Authors explore both a range of dysfunctional factors which have historically limited the efficacy of school reform initiatives, and detail a variety of forward-looking and cutting edge alternative reforms. Thus, this text can serve to stimulate a much need dialogue about the reconceptualization of schools in the future. Moreover, the cross-cultural analysis can focus this dialogue on both the similarities and differences in varying cultural settings.

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Published by: Springer

Publication Date: 2024-09-02

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9783031648991

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-64900-4

Dimensions: 235.0cm x155.0cm

Pages: 370.0