Includes bibliographical references (pages 270-288) and index.
Summary
The number of children excluded from school has risen sharply over the last few years. This book looks at exclusion. It also gives practical guidance on prevention strategies and examines how working together can help avoid exclusion.
Contents
Exclusions -- Stories of exclusion -- The signal of failure -- Government policy and disadvantaged children -- Black boys excluded from school -- No home, no school, no future -- Professionals, children and power -- The cost of primary school exclusions -- The effects of waiting time on excluded children -- Who excludes whom? -- Tales from the exclusion zone -- Damaged goods? -- The Staff Sharing Scheme -- Resisting the trend to exclude -- Primary school exclusions -- Exclusion from school.