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Record Nr.

UNINA9910449895103321

Autore

Riley Kathryn A

Titolo

Whose school is it anyway? [[electronic resource] /] / Kathryn A. Riley

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; Bristol, PA, : Falmer Press, 1998

ISBN

1-135-71367-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (169 p.)

Collana

Educational change and development series

Disciplina

379.4109047

Soggetti

Education and state - Great Britain

Education - Great Britain - History - 20th century

Educational change - Great Britain

School autonomy - Great Britain

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 142-152) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface and Acknowledgments; Constructing the Reform Agenda; Your School or Mine?; The End of an Era; William Tyndale Junior School; The Fallout from Tyndale; The Ruskin Speech; Setting a New Agenda?; Thatcher's Legacy: Blair's New World; Reconstructing the Reform Agenda for the 21st Century; Whose School; The Local Authority's or the Governors'?; Whose School; The Headteacher's?; Whose School; Teachers', Pupils' or Parents'?; Whose School is it Anyway? It's Ours; List of interviewees; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

In the 1970's, two events moved education from the control of professionals into the remit of politicians. The book revisits Tyndale and Ruskin, examines their legacy, and argues that questions need to be asked about the nature of the reform.