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21 Oct 2008

The unprecedented extent of privatisation of provision in the school system on a for-profit basis is clearly one of the most significant transformations accomplished by the Blair government.

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21 Oct 2008

This paper is based on a case study of one such process as experienced by teachers, school students and parents campaigning against a proposed Academy.

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21 Oct 2006

This article uses social movement theory to analyse campaigns against a new type of government-sponsored school – the Academy – in four areas of England.

21 Oct 2006

In this article I use the concept of ‘re-agenting’ to explore and explain the role of non-state agencies, principally private companies and business entrepreneurs, as key instruments in the government’s transformation of the school system in England.

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Discuss...

  • Andrea Wilson says: Jane, The new Bolingbroke Academy has a very fair admissions procedure which was consulted on...
  • Stephen Cook says: I’ll try and get there on Wednesday.
  • Jane says: In her last post, Andrea is wrong on several counts. She is well aware of the campaign in Wandsworth to...
  • Musejs says: The poll on Free Schools mentioned above does NOT indicate that most parents are supportive of the...
  • Lucy Cooper says: I am reliably informed that at present there are 80 primary schools in Birmingham being forced into...

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