ABSTRACT The Children's School Lives (CSL) study provides a unique opportunity to learn
first-hand from school principals as part of a large national study about their sensemaking as …

This paper picks up and elaborates on the conception of policy translators in schools–key
actors in the enactment of policy. The qualitative data presented here highlight how it is often …

Background Socioeconomic characteristics are persistently and systematically related to
academic outcomes, despite long-standing efforts to reduce educational inequality. Ireland …

In the Republic of Ireland, school leadership policy adopts a distributed leadership model
nationally. Given that this is a relatively recent policy development, research conducted on …

In this piece the author provides a critical response to the new 'Looking at Our School'quality
framework in Ireland and illustrates how policy overlooks critical scholarship. The author …

This article draws on case studies from abroad to illustrate what to avoid and what to
promote in the quest for a socially just educational system. It first looks at the range of goals …

This study aims to explore the perspectives of school inspectors and leaders on the quality
of school inspection in four countries with different inspection systems: Dubai, Ireland, New …

This introduction aims to set the context for the subsequent chapters that problematize
various aspects of social justice, equity, and inclusion through particular lenses, and/or …

The importance of school self-evaluation (SSE) as a school improvement mechanism has
been acknowledged by increases in the number of countries with legal requirements for …

Objective and rationale The increasing prominence of school self-evaluation (SSE) as a
pivotal element in global quality assurance practices is attributed to its cost-effectiveness …