The state and education policy : the academies programme

The state and education policy : the academies programme / edited by Helen M. Gunter.

The well-edited collection of papers by leading researchers and participants within a major reform process of the state and education system in particular. The shift from welfare based provision of public services to the quasi-market with private delivery and philanthropic investment is an issue tha...

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Other Authors: Gunter, Helen
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Continuum International Pub. Group, ©2011.
Subjects:
Education and state > England.
Educational evaluation > England.
Educational accountability > England.
Educational change > England.
EDUCATION > Educational Policy & Reform > General.
EDUCATION > Administration > General.
Education and state
Educational accountability
Educational change
Educational evaluation
England
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Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgements; Illustrations; Abbreviations; Contributors; Preface; Introduction: Contested Educational Reform; 1 Academies and the Law; 2 Local Government against Local Democracy: A Case Study of a Bid for Building Schools for the Future Funding for an Academy; 3 The Birth of Norwich's First School Academy: A Case Study; 4 Academy Consultation Meetings: Local Discourse on a National Policy; 5 Academies in the Public Interest: A Contradiction in Terms?; 6 From Reality to Vision: The 'Birth' of The Petchey Academy in Hackney.

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