implications for policy and practice in the field. It looks at: - Implications for the work of school leaders - How staff teams work can together in order to address barriers to participation and learning - How schools can collect and use evidence in order to strengthen their practices - The sorts of critical and alternative perspectives to which schools need access - The implications for relationships between schools, local authorities and researchers At a time when policy-makers and practitioners are searching for more effective ways of responding to student diversity, this challenging book offers powerful messages as to what needs to be done to move