{"product_id":"beyond-the-school-gates-colleen-cummings-9780415548755","title":"Beyond the School Gates: Can Full Service and Extended Schools Overcome Disadvantage?","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book, for the first time ever, critically examines the role of full service and extended schools. The authors draw on their extensive international evaluations of this radical new phenomenon to ask: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat do extended or full service schools hope to achieve, and why should services based on schools be any more effective than services operating from other community bases?\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWhat pattern of services and activities is most effective?\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWhat does extended schooling mean for children and families who are not highly disadvantaged, or for schools outside the most disadvantaged areas?\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHow can schools lead extended services at the same time as doing their 'day job' of teaching children? \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWhy should schools be concerned with family and community issues?\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eBeyond the advocacy of 'extended provision', what real evidence is there that schools of this kind make a difference, and how can school leaders evaluate the impact of their work?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book will be of interest to anyone involved in extended and full service school provision, as a practitioner, policy-maker, or researcher.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Colleen Cummings, Alan Dyson, Liz Todd\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0415548756\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415548755\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/08\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 146\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.50d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Colleen Cummings","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44056080122111,"sku":"9780415548755","price":54.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9abff17e-d422-41b0-8618-81a56ad34fd5.jpg?v=1685039399","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/beyond-the-school-gates-colleen-cummings-9780415548755","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}