Focusing on school policy and politics, the author describes education policy in England using sociological concepts, ideas, and research. He discusses education reform and policy within a global context and in relation to the knowledge economy, as well as generic policy technologies used in different national settings to reform education and other public services, such as market form, management, and performativity; the history of English education policy; current policy, with a focus on technologies of reform and the neoconservative agenda in relation to curriculum and assessment; the issue of equity in education in relation to race, gender, and social class and the emphasis on the responsibilities of parenting; and general characteristics and trends of current education policy, including the impact of COVID-19. This edition has been updated. Distributed in the US by University of Chicago Press. Annotation ©2021 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
Education policy in England is constantly evolving and becoming increasingly incoherent and it is therefore becoming harder to keep up with, and make sense of, all the changes. This bestselling book looks at the role of the UK as a social laboratory for global education policy. Covering key concepts, it then examines new areas, including:Global education policy mobilityEdu-business and philanthropy as policy actorsMarketisation of education Increase in performance gapPoverty and austerityImpact of COVID-19 on schools and in education policyNew forms of governanceThis extensively updated fourth edition by the key author in the field will maintain its place as the most important text on education policy and makes essential reading for all students and anyone interested in education policy more generally.
This extensively updated fourth edition by the key author in the field will maintain its place as the most important text on education policy and makes essential reading for all students and anyone interested in education policy more generally.