TY - BOOK AU - Cork,Lorna TI - Supporting Black pupils and parents: understanding and improving home-school relations SN - 9780203462966 AV - LC2699 .C67 2005eb U1 - 371.829/96041 22 PY - 2005/// CY - London, New York PB - Routledge KW - Students, Black KW - Social conditions KW - Home and school KW - Parent-teacher relationships KW - Discrimination in education KW - Relations parents-maîtres KW - Discrimination en éducation KW - EDUCATION KW - Students & Student Life KW - bisacsh KW - fast KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-170) and index; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 Introductory insights; The context; Some issues; The focus; The research strategy; An overview of the chapters; Chapter 2 A parent is a parent is a parent?; The 1980s: A pivotal decade of protest and policy; The 1990s and beyond the millennium; Key policy developments; Theoretical insights; Culture and cultural capital; Chapter 3 Linkaid: 'You're here for the school'; Home-school liaison: salient features; Support to pupils and their families: case studies; School one: Actdale; Chamberlain and his family; 'We told them from day one' N2 - Focusing on contemporary situations and the real issues behind the statistics, Lorna Cork uses case studies and her own extensive teaching experience to explore the day-to-day needs and expectations of black parents and their children in education UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=193766 ER -