Tackling Educational Inequality

“An excellent book exploring inequalities in educational outcomes. The true value lies in the case studies which provide practical strategies for narrowing attainment gaps in schools. Invaluable for policy makers, headteachers and students of education.” Kirstin Lewis, Goldsmiths, University of London “Feyisa Demie’s research on educational inequalities adds significantly to our understanding of disadvantage in schools, strategies which work and how schools can reduce the attainment gap.” Carl Parsons, Canterbury Christ Church University “Feyisa Demie’s book provides a very valuable and readable contribution to school effectiveness and improvement literature. It draws together a wealth of evidence on patterns of educational inequality based on decades of research in England and investigates in detail how schools serving diverse and disadvantaged communities have been able to combat inequality. Demie highlights the success factors behind outstanding achievement through case studies of schools that have bucked national trends. This clear account of highly effective strategies for tackling educational inequality and closing the achievement gap will support school leaders and classroom practitioners to provide high-quality educational experiences for all students.” Pamela Sammons, University of Oxford (emeritus) “Demie spotlights the deep-rooted problem of ‘educational inequality’ in England as experienced by disadvantaged and Black students. More than that, he helps the reader to imagine and consider strategies and practical solutions for addressing this multifaceted problem. The book also provides a welcome shift, away from seeing the individual as the problem, by placing responsibility for fixing the problem of educational inequality for Black students on both educational and policy institutions.” Paul Miller, Institute for Equity, University Centre