ERIC Number: EJ907142
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2010
Pages: 19
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ISSN: ISSN-0963-8253
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Ever Reducing Democracy? A Comparative View of the Legislative Events Surrounding the Introduction of New-Style Academies in 2010 and Grant-Maintained Schools in 1988
Stevens, Roz
FORUM: for promoting 3-19 comprehensive education, v52 n3 p317-335 2010
In terms of reform of domestic policy, the Conservative election campaign of 2010 was predicated on the idea of citizen (or consumer) power and a reduction in the role of the government in decisions effecting people's lives. The Academies Act appears to be taking this idea in the opposite direction. In comparing and contrasting the provisions of the Education Reform Act (ERA) 1988 concerning grant-maintained schools with the Academies Act's introduction of new style academies in 2010, this article traces the growing disconnection between constitutional and democratic values and notions of how Parliament should scrutinise legislation and how schools should be held accountable by their local communities.
Descriptors: Democracy, Educational Change, Democratic Values, Political Campaigns, Grants, Foreign Countries, Federal Legislation, Principals, School Districts
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom (Birmingham); United Kingdom (England)
Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Education Reform Act 1988 (England)
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