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School Leadership and Equity : A Critical Review of the Literature
Ward, Sophie; Bagley, Carl; Woods, Philip; Lumby, Jacky; Hamilton, Tom; Roberts, Amanda (European Policy Network on School Leadership, 2014) -
School Leadership and Equity : an examination of policy response in Scotland
Ward, Sophie; Bagley, Carl; Woods, Philip; Hamilton, Tom; Lumby, Jacky; Roberts, Amanda (EPNoSL, 2013)In this paper we adopt a critical perspective on the implementation of policy on school leadership and equity in Scotland, viewing policy as both an attempt to solve problems and an attempt to persuade social actors to ... -
School Leadership for Equity : Lessons from the Literature
Ward, Sophie; Bagley, Carl; Woods, Philip; Lumby, Jacky; Hamilton, Tom; Roberts, Amanda (2015-04)Responding to Thrupp's [2003. “The School Leadership Literature in Managerialist Times: Exploring the Problem of Textual Apologism.” School Leadership & Management: Formerly School Organisation 23 (2): 169] call for writers ... -
Scoping Paper on School Leadership and Equity
Ward, Sophie; Bagley, Carl; Woods, Philip; Lumby, Jacky; Hamilton, Tom; Roberts, Amanda (EPNoSL, 2014)This paper offers a review of the literature on school leadership and equity in order to help provide policy with an evidence base on school leadership from the perspective of equity. It does so by: (i) considering how ... -
What is “policy” and what is “policy response”? : An illustrative study of the implementation of the Leadership Standards for Social Justice in Scotland
Ward, Sophie; Bagley, Carl; Lumby, Jacky; Hamilton, Tom; Woods, Philip; Roberts, Amanda (2016-01)This paper examines ‘policy’ and ‘policy response’ through documentary analysis and an illustrative study of policy implementation. Our approach is informed by Foucault’s (2009) theory that power relations in society are ...