What he found was that while many things stayed the same —
the socioeconomic background of the students, the age / grade structure of the schools — there had been an evolution in the way things were taught, due largely to the two reform movements: the New Social Studies of the 1960s and the New History of the 1990s.
schools are remarkably similar in the way they relate to the achievement of their pupils when
the socioeconomic background of students is taken into account.
What he found was that while many things stayed the same —
the socioeconomic background of the students,...
The NSIT was built on research into the practices of highly effective schools, defined as schools that make rapid improvements in student performance over time or that perform unusually well given
the socioeconomic backgrounds of their student intakes.
School leadership is contextualised by school location, what sector it belongs to, the nature of its community,
socioeconomic background of its students and so on, and leadership is very much embedded in those local contexts.
The survey saw differences in teacher attitudes depending on
the socioeconomic backgrounds of the students in the schools they teach.
Does a school simply reflect the neighborhoods around it or
the socioeconomic backgrounds of its students?
If anything, this survey speaks volumes of
the socioeconomic background of the students entering law school.