1st Edition
Policy and Power in Education The Rise and Fall of the LEA
242 Pages
by
Routledge
242 Pages
by
Routledge
242 Pages
by
Routledge
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The fortunes of the education service in Britain have been intimately bound up with the vitality of the local education authorities, particularly in the decades following the 1944 Education Act. The passing of the 1988 Education Reform Act saw the LEAs in serious—perhaps terminal—decline.
First published in 1992, Policy and Power in Education sets out to map the contours of this decline in... Read more
1. Milestones 2. Post-industrial blues 3. Effective schools 4. The new landscape 5. Management in crisis 6. Visions of education 7. Managing the service 8. The phoenix curriculum 9. Where is authority?
Biography
Harold Heller, at the time of the first publication, was Director of the Centre for Adviser and Inspector Development.
Peter Edwards was formerly Chief Education Officer for Berkshire.
Review of the first publication:
‘[The book] fizzes and sparkles, its argument enlivened by sharp judgements and copiously illustrated from wide reading.’
— John Mann, Educational Management Administration & Leadership, Volume 21, Issue 4
