Markets and Equity in Education.

By: Walford, GeoffreyMaterial type: TextTextPublisher: London : Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 2006Copyright date: ©2006Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (247 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781847144294Subject(s): Educational equalization | School choiceGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Markets and Equity in EducationDDC classification: 379.111 LOC classification: LB1027.9.W35 3 2006Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- List of tables -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Part 1. Choice and Diversity -- 1 Diversity and choice in school education: an alternative view -- 2 Weak choice, strong choice, and the new Christian schools -- 3 Durkheim, democracy and diversity: some thoughts on recent changes in England and Wales -- 4 Does the market ensure quality? -- Part 2. Comprehensive Schools and Selection -- 5 A return to selection? -- 6 From common schooling to selection? Affirming and contesting the comprehensive ideal, 1976-2001 -- Part 3. Studying School Choice -- 7 A panic about school choice -- 8 Parents' responses to the school quasi-market -- 9 The child's voice in school choice -- Part 4. Developing Strong Choice: New Schools in the Market -- 10 Sponsored grant-maintained schools: extending the franchise? -- 11 A policy adventure: sponsored grant-maintained schools -- Part 5. Assessing Policies on Choice -- 12 The market and school-based management in England -- 13 The educational policies of New Labour and the old problem of inequality -- References.
Summary: Geoffrey Walford tackles one of the perennial issues in education policy, namely the inter-relationship of markets and equity. His discussion synthesises research findings (his own in the context of others) from over a decade examining the triangle between (i) theory, (ii) policy (both current and recent) and (iii) practice.
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Intro -- Contents -- List of tables -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Part 1. Choice and Diversity -- 1 Diversity and choice in school education: an alternative view -- 2 Weak choice, strong choice, and the new Christian schools -- 3 Durkheim, democracy and diversity: some thoughts on recent changes in England and Wales -- 4 Does the market ensure quality? -- Part 2. Comprehensive Schools and Selection -- 5 A return to selection? -- 6 From common schooling to selection? Affirming and contesting the comprehensive ideal, 1976-2001 -- Part 3. Studying School Choice -- 7 A panic about school choice -- 8 Parents' responses to the school quasi-market -- 9 The child's voice in school choice -- Part 4. Developing Strong Choice: New Schools in the Market -- 10 Sponsored grant-maintained schools: extending the franchise? -- 11 A policy adventure: sponsored grant-maintained schools -- Part 5. Assessing Policies on Choice -- 12 The market and school-based management in England -- 13 The educational policies of New Labour and the old problem of inequality -- References.

Geoffrey Walford tackles one of the perennial issues in education policy, namely the inter-relationship of markets and equity. His discussion synthesises research findings (his own in the context of others) from over a decade examining the triangle between (i) theory, (ii) policy (both current and recent) and (iii) practice.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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