1st Edition
The Privatization of State Education Public Partners, Private Dealings
By Chris Green
Copyright 2006
266 Pages
by
Routledge
266 Pages
by
Routledge
266 Pages
by
Routledge
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Anyone who wants to know what is really happening in schools - behind all the hype and political rhetoric about the privatizing reforms in education - should read this book. It clarifies how private interests are influencing the public education process and investigates Labour's successes and failures.
In plain English, it shows how schools are set up, run and held to account through... Read more
1. Forcing Change in Education as a Public Service
2. Ancient and Modern: Aims, history and private and public education systems
3. Privatization, Partnerships, Democracy and Citizenship
4. Sources of Evidence, Audit and Inspection of Education
5. Local Education Partnerships (LEPs), Government Intervention and Participation
6. Government Intervention: A case study
7. Parents, Choice and Information
8. State Schools in a Changing Culture of Privatization
9. Future Standards: Leadership and partnership, compliance and participation
Biography
Chris Green
