Educational binds of poverty : the lives of school children / Ceri Brown.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Underachievement of children in poverty : scoping the policy context -- 2. The educational binds of poverty -- 3. Clive : school life following relocation, in a single-parent family -- 4. Liza : school life following family break-up and relocation with father -- 5. Megan : school life as a highly mobile Irish Traveller -- 6. Codie : school life after community relocation due to unaffordable housing -- 7. Helen : school life following school change due to bullying -- 8. Robin : school life with a hearing impediment and relocation due to paternal redundancy -- 9. Unpicking the binds : learning (in) lessons from those that don't.

Educational Binds of Poverty tackles the assumptions made by many recent social and educational policy initiatives suggesting that the best way to improve educational prospects of children in poverty is through an increased emphasis upon a culture of control, discipline, regulation and accountability. In this book Ceri Brown presents these assumptions against a review of the research literature and an original ethnographic longitudinal study into the lives of children in poverty in order to highlight the gap between policy discourses and the lived experiences of children themselves. Through th.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO; viewed on February 12, 2015).