The state and education policy : the academies programme /: the academies programme. (2010)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Helen M. Gunter.
• Other Names: Gunter, Helen
• Contents: Preface Francis Beckett \ Introduction: Contested Educational Reform Helen M Gunter \ 1. Academies and the Law David Wolfe \ 2. Local Government Against Local Democracy: A Case Study of a Bid for Building Schools for the Future Funding for an Academy Richard Hatcher \ 3. The Birth of Norwich's First School Academy: A Case Study John Elliott \ 4. Academy Consultation Meetings: Local Discourse on a National Policy Kirsten Purcell \ 5. Academies in the Public Interest: A Contradiction in Terms? Alan Dyson and Harriet Rowley \ 6. From Reality to Vision: The 'Birth' of The Petchey Academy in Hackney David Daniels \ 7. What Works? An Empirical Assessment of Strengths, Weaknesses and Next Steps for the Academies Initiative Judy Larsen, Valerie Bunting and David Armstrong \ 8. Are Academies Working? Stephen Gorard \ 9. 'Rapidly improving results': Penetrating the Hype of Policy-based Evidence Terry Wrigley \ 10. Academies, Policy Networks and Governance Stephen J Ball \ 11. Joining up the Dots: Academies and System Coherence Ron Glatter \ 12. The New Enterprise Logic of the Academy Programme Brian J. Caldwell \ 13. International Perspectives on Academies: Lessons Learned from Charter Schools and Choice Options Around the Globe Ellen Goldring and Madeline Mavrogordato \ 14. Academies and the Myth of Evidence Based Policy: Limits and Possibilities Denis Gleeson \ Conclusion: Public Education and Academies Helen M Gunter \ Index.
• Publisher Details: London : Continuum
• Publication Date: 2010
• Extent: 1 online resource (320 pages)
• Subjects: 379.41; Education and state -- England; Educational evaluation -- England; Educational accountability -- England; Educational change -- England; Education and state; Educational accountability; Educational change; Educational evaluation; England
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781441150172
• Related ISBNs: 144115017X; 9781441108401
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