This article considers the ways in which special schools work in partnership with other organisations in order to meet the support needs of their pupils and enhance their educational provision. Data are taken from interviews in 2009 and 2010 with staff, pupils and governors at four different special schools in England. Schools appeared proactive…

This study examined how one state approached the integration of policy and practice by forming communities of practice (CoP), defined as groups of people who share a set of problems and interact regularly to solve them (Wenger, McDermott, & Snyder, 2002). Policymakers have created strategies known as technical assistance (TA) to bridge the…

This book is a study of the historical development of public education in the Territory and State of Arizona, as reflected and influenced by the office of Superintendent of Public Instruction. The book is organized in 20 chronologically ordered chapters, mainly centered around various individuals who had some significant impact on the course of…