School Governance : : Policy, Politics and Practices / / Jacqueline Baxter.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Bristol UP/Policy Press Complete eBook-Package 2016
• VerfasserIn: Baxter, Jacqueline,
• MitwirkendeR: Glatter, Ron,
• Place / Publishing House: Bristol : : Policy Press, , [2016]; ©2016
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (144 p.)

What impact have the unprecedented and rapid changes to the structure of education in England had on school governors and policy makers? And what effect has the intensifying media and regulatory focus had on the volunteers who take on the job? Jacqueline Baxter takes the 2014 ‘Trojan Horse’ scandal, in which it was alleged that governors at 25 Birmingham schools were involved in the “Islamisation” of secular state schools, as a focus point to examine the pressures and challenges in the current system. Informed by her twenty years’ experience as a school governor, she considers both media analysis and policy as well as the implications for the future of a democratic system of education in England.

Table of Contents

Front Matter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction -- School Governing: A Moment in Time -- The Trojan Horse Affair: Media Phenomenon and Policy Driver -- School Governors in the Media -- Framing the Work of School Governors, 2008–15 -- Democratic Accountability: Governors in a Changing System -- Governors Making Sense of their Work -- Post-Trojan Horse: Changes to Policy and Practice since the Trojan Horse Affair -- References -- Index