The great city academy fraud / Francis Beckett.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Beckett, Francis, 1945- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Privatization in education--Great Britain.

Privatization in education.

Corporate sponsorship--Great Britain.

Corporate sponsorship.

Education and state--Great Britain.

Education and state.

Academies (British public schools).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (227 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London, [England] ; New York, New York : Continuum, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This highly controversial and compelling book exposes the government's city academies project: the ways in which companies and rich individuals have been persuaded to sponsor academies, their real reasons for sponsoring them, the lies that have been told in support of the academies project, and the disastrous effect it will have on Britain's schools. It brings together existing research, by the author and others, and adds new research, to build up a picture of a deeply flawed idea, which is educationally disastrous and inherently corrupt. In his provocative yet fascinating tour de force, Franc

Contents:

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 From Colleges to Academies; 2 Blunkett Throws Money at Academies; 3 Sponsors in Ermine; 4 How They Tore Up the Laws on Schools; 5 Faith in Academies; 6 A Learning Curve in West London; 7 Islington Feels the Wrath of Downing Street; 8 The Schools that Fail to Fail; 9 Selecting Staff, Sponsors and Students; 10 But Does It Work?; 11 Where Do We Go from Here?; Appendix 1: Academies Open as at September 2006; Appendix 2: Timeline; Appendix 3: Academies that Are in Development; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-283-12240-5

9786613122407

1-4411-1246-4

OCLC:

727649530