1st Edition
Policy and Politics in Education Sponsored Grant-maintained Schools and Religious Diversity
By Geoffrey Walford
Copyright 2000
158 Pages
by
Routledge
This title was first published in 2000: This is an examination of the sponsored grant-maintained schools initiative. These schools were an attempt to increase the diversity of schools within the state-maintained sector so families would have a greater choice when selecting the most desirable school for their children. Thus allowing schools to be run by religious and ethnic minority groups.... Read more
Quasi-markets in schooling; towards the 1993 Education Act; developing the Act; failing schools; successful schools; limiting diversity under the Conservatives; schooling for religious minorities; extending diversity under Labour; the Welsh case; readings of policy and theory; conclusion.
Biography
Geoffrey Walford
