Academies.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Brook Lapping Productions., Producer.

Series:

Academic Video Online

Jonathan Dimbleby big debate ; 3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Academies (British public schools).

Genre:

Nonfiction television programs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (43 min.).

Place of Publication:

[England] : Teachers TV/UK Department of Education, 2007.

Language Note:

In English.

Original language in English.

Summary:

Tony Blair may be long gone, but his education legacy lives on in the form of that most controversial schools policy: the academy programme. Despite the departure of the most passionate advocate of these new schools, academies remain a source of bitter disagreement and division. Are privately run and autonomous schools in the state sector the way to bring much needed innovation into the system? Or are they a dangerous dilution of the principle of state education, unfairly attracting resources which would be better spent on deserving comprehensive schools? Jonathan Dimbleby brings together a panel of authoritative voices from both sides of the argument in front of an audience of parents, teachers and pupils for the latest Big Debate. Panellists include anti-academies campaigner Fiona Millar and former Blair policy advisor Matthew Taylor, Chief Executive of the Royal Society of Arts, a body which itself sponsors and works with academies.

Notes:

Title from resource description page (viewed Mar. 5, 2012).

OCLC:

808817568