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Whose school is it anyway? / Kathryn A. Riley.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Riley, Kathryn A.
- Series:
- Educational change and development series.
- Educational change and development series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Education and state--Great Britain.
- Education and state.
- Education--Great Britain--History--20th century.
- Education.
- Educational change--Great Britain.
- Educational change.
- School autonomy--Great Britain.
- School autonomy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (169 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; Bristol, PA : Falmer Press, 1998.
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- 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
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 142-152) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-280-10456-2
- 0-203-28916-1
- 0-203-20927-3
- 1-135-71366-9
- 1-135-71367-7
- 9780203209271
- OCLC:
- 53164376
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