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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Hartley, David – British Journal of Educational Studies, 2008
The marketisation of education in England began in the 1980s. It was facilitated by national testing (which gave objective and comparable information to parents), and by the New Public Management (which introduced a posteriori funding and competition among providers). Now a new complementary phase of marketisation is being introduced:…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Educational History
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Hartley, David – British Journal of Educational Studies, 2007
The recent emergence of distributed leadership has been very marked. In England, it has received official endorsement. But the evidence-base which supports this endorsement is weak: there is little evidence of a direct causal relationship between distributed leadership and pupil attainment. What therefore might explain its rise to prominence? Here…
Descriptors: Leadership, Academic Achievement, Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Environment
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Hartley, David – British Journal of Educational Studies, 2006
In 2004, the Department for Education and Skills in England published its Five Year Strategy for Children and Learners (DfES, 2004). It was preceded by Excellence and Enjoyment: a strategy for primary schools (DfES, 003). "Excellence and enjoyment" seems to constitute an ambiguity, even a contradiction. The government's view is otherwise. It…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Ethics, Educational Policy, Educational Quality
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Hartley, David – British Journal of Educational Studies, 2006
In 2004, the Department for Education and Skills in England published its Five Year Strategy for Children and Learners (DfES, 2004). It was preceded by Excellence and Enjoyment: a strategy for primary schools (DfES, 2003). "Excellence and enjoyment" seems to constitute an ambiguity, even a contradiction. The government's view is otherwise. It…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Educational Quality, Social Systems, Ethics