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The Northbourne Amendments: is the House of Lords a garbage can?
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In this article, the authors consider the processes by which a small pressure group successfully introduced changes into the 1992 Education (Schools) Act for England and Wales, which had a substantial effect on the Office for Standards in Education (OFSTED) inspection criteria, and on the information that all schools now publish.Abstract:
This article considers the processes by which a small pressure group successfully introduced changes into the 1992 Education (Schools) Act for England and Wales. These changes had a substantial effect on the Office for Standards in Education (OFSTED) inspection criteria, and on the information that all schools now publish. It gives a descriptive account of the main elements of the pressure group's campaign and argues that a postmodern approach to theory provides the greatest insights into the activities of this pressure group. In particular, micropolitical and ‘garbage can’ theories of decision‐making are examined and applied.read more
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From city technology colleges to free schools: sponsoring new schools in England
TL;DR: In the long period of Conservative Government from 1979 to 1987, there were two specific attempts to encourage new schools through City Technology Colleges and sponsored grant-maintained schools.
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From City Technology Colleges to Sponsored Grant-maintained Schools
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors draw comparisons between City Technology Colleges and sponsored grant-maintained schools and argue that the two initiatives can be seen as examples of increased privatisation and selection, and what may develop from them is a greatly changed education system.
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Low-Fee Private Schools in England and in Less Economically Developed Countries. What Can Be Learnt from a Comparison?.
TL;DR: In this article, the similarities between low-fee private schools in developed and less economically developed countries are examined, and the motivations of parents for using such schools for their children are examined.
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Sponsored Grant-maintained Schools: Extending the Franchise?.
TL;DR: In this article, the authors trace the attempts of various existing private schools and potential sponsors to establish new schools within the state system and argue that very few have so far been successful, and that the Funding Agency for Schools and the Department for Education and Employment are operating the new scheme in ways similar to those of a commercial franchise.
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The Christian Schools Campaign—a successful educational pressure group?
TL;DR: The Christian Schools Campaign was an educational pressure group which sought to obtain state funding for faith-based schools as mentioned in this paper, and it successfully influenced both the 1992 Education (Schools) Act on inspection criteria and the 1993 Education Act.
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