03798nam 2200673Ia 450 991082553320332120240513191824.01-283-01576-597866130157611-4411-3545-6(CKB)2560000000060849(EBL)661041(OCoLC)705538269(SSID)ssj0000473416(PQKBManifestationID)11322192(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000473416(PQKBWorkID)10437678(PQKB)10631469(MiAaPQ)EBC661041(Au-PeEL)EBL661041(CaPaEBR)ebr10448478(CaONFJC)MIL301576(OCoLC)893335416(EXLCZ)99256000000006084920100520d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe state and education policy the academies programme /edited by Helen M. Gunter1st ed.London ;New York Continuum International Pub. Groupc20111 online resource (321 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4411-0840-8 1-4411-4311-4 Includes bibliographical references.Contents; Acknowledgements; Illustrations; Abbreviations; Contributors; Preface; Introduction: Contested Educational Reform; 1 Academies and the Law; 2 Local Government against Local Democracy: A Case Study of a Bid for Building Schools for the Future Funding for an Academy; 3 The Birth of Norwich's First School Academy: A Case Study; 4 Academy Consultation Meetings: Local Discourse on a National Policy; 5 Academies in the Public Interest: A Contradiction in Terms?; 6 From Reality to Vision: The 'Birth' of The Petchey Academy in Hackney7 What Works? An Empirical Assessment of Strengths, Weaknesses and Next Steps for the Academies Initiative8 Are Academies Working?; 9 'Rapidly Improving Results': Penetrating the Hype of Policy-Based Evidence; 10 Academies, Policy Networks and Governance; 11 Joining Up the Dots: Academies and System Coherence; 12 The New Enterprise Logic of the Academy Programme; 13 International Perspectives on Academies: Lessons Learned from Charter Schools and Choice Options around the Globe; 14 Academies and the Myth of Evidence-Based Policy: Limits and PossibilitiesConclusion: Public Education and AcademiesAppendix 1: Open and Planned Academies (January 2010); Appendix 2: The Academy Programme Process; References; IndexThe well-edited collection of papers by leading researchers and participants within a major reform process of the state and education system in particular. The shift from welfare based provision of public services to the quasi-market with private delivery and philanthropic investment is an issue that needs a thorough examination through evidence and rigorous argument. This book seeks to do this by not only charting events and providing detailed examination about what is happening but also by locating these developments within a contemporary political and social analytical framework. Topics covEducation and stateEnglandEducational evaluationEnglandEducational accountabilityEnglandEducational changeEnglandEducation and stateEducational evaluationEducational accountabilityEducational change379.41Gunter Helen1597059MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910825533203321The state and education policy3947814UNINA