The Politics of Public Education : : Reform Ideas and Issues / / Helen M. Gunter.

At a time when public education and reform agendas are changing the way we approach education, this book critically examines the key issues facing the public with implications for education policy makers, professionals and researchers. Drawing on empirical evidence gathered over 20 years, Helen Gunt...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Bristol UP/Policy Press Complete eBook-Package 2018
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Place / Publishing House:Bristol : : Policy Press, , [2018]
©2018
Year of Publication:2018
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (232 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • Biography
  • Thinking politically: challenging public education
  • Action: professionals learning to labour
  • Plurality: the idea and reality of choice
  • Natality: the opportunity to do new things
  • Promising: school diversity and competition
  • Responsibility and judging: producing and using numbers
  • Forgiving: the end of public education
  • Thinking politically again: the conditions for public education
  • References
  • Index