Cover -- Effective schooling for the community -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of illustrations -- Foreword by Professor Jack D.Minzey -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction: an international perspective on school effectiveness -- 2 The effective school: towards a framework of understanding -- 3 Community perceptions of effective schools -- 4 Effective schools: the case studies -- 5 The core-plus school -- 6 Developing the core-plus school: a model for action -- 7 Leadership in the core-plus school -- 8 Process issues for core-plus education -- 9 From community needs to core-plus policies -- 10 Programmes in the core-plus school -- 11 Financing and managing the core-plus school -- Afterword: a vision for the next century -- Bibliography -- Index.