Title: The state and education policy : the academies programme
Abstract: Preface Francis Beckett Introduction: Radical Educational Reform Helen M Gunter Part I: Academies at Work 1. Academies and the Law David Wolfe 2. Setting Up an Academy: Control and Contestation of the Local Policy Process Richard Hatcher 3. Giving Birth to School Academies: Power, Politics and Community Voice John Elliott 4. Academy Consultation Meetings: Local discourse on a national policy Kirsten Purcell 5. Academies in the Public Interest: A contradiction in terms? Alan Dyson and Harriet Rowley Part II: Perspectives on the Academies Programme 6. From Reality to Vision David Daniels 7. How do Academies Affect the Interests of those Involved? Martin Rogers 8. What Works? An empirical assessment of strengths, weaknesses and next steps for the Academies initiative David Armstrong, Valerie Bunting and Judy Larsen 9. The Chimera of Structural School Improvement Stephen Gorard 10. Rapidly Improving Results': Penetrating the hype of policy-based evidence Terry Wrigley Part III: Debating the Academies Programme 11. Academies and the State: the bigger picture Stephen Ball 12. Academies: A case study in English Educational Governance Ron Glatter 13. The New Enterprise Logic of the Academy School Brian J. Caldwell 14. International Perspectives on Academies: Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Opportunities for At-Risk Children and Families Ellen Goldring and Madeline Mavrogordato 15. Policymaking and Evidence Denis Gleeson Conclusion: Public Education and Academies Helen M Gunter Index.
Publication Year: 2011
Publication Date: 2011-01-01
Language: en
Type: book
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