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Ainley, Patrick; Allen, Martin – FORUM: for promoting 3-19 comprehensive education, 2018
This article contends that the implementation of government policies is mediated principally by the state, the economy and social class but that these have all changed so markedly since 1945 that education can no longer be seen as having the reforming role attributed to it in the postwar years. The continued assumption that it does means that,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Politics of Education, Role of Education, Program Implementation
Allen, Martin; Ainley, Patrick – FORUM: for promoting 3-19 comprehensive education, 2018
A National Education Service should be genuinely cradle to grave. This article focuses on the key area, often neglected, of 16-plus education and highlights the need for substantial public investment using the lessons of past experiences to build on the principle of 'a good general education for all' at 16-19.
Descriptors: Government Role, Federal Government, Access to Education, Higher Education
Allen, Martin – FORUM: for promoting 3-19 comprehensive education, 2016
Though upper secondary education is increasingly dominated by the EBacc, there are growing calls for vocational alternatives and for schools to be more than "exam factories". This short contribution examines whether vocational education provides an alternative way forward.
Descriptors: Secondary Education, Vocational Education, Tests, Educational Attitudes
Allen, Martin – FORUM: for promoting 3-19 comprehensive education, 2015
Vocational education is supposed to improve work and employment skills, but many of the vocational courses developed in schools and colleges after the collapse of industrial apprenticeships in the 1970s have not offered real opportunities for young people in the labour market. Instead, a succession of new qualifications was introduced, which…
Descriptors: General Education, Educational Practices, Apprenticeships, Qualifications
Allen, Martin – FORUM: for promoting 3-19 comprehensive education, 2015
In the 2015 general election campaign David Cameron celebrated the success of apprenticeships during the Coalition and promised another 3 million. This article argues that the "reinvention" of apprenticeships has neither created real skills nor provided real alternatives for young people and that the UK schemes fall far short of those in…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Foreign Countries, Educational History, Educational Quality
Allen, Martin – FORUM: for promoting 3-19 comprehensive education, 2013
Well before the examinations grade crisis of 2012, Michael Gove had set out clear intentions for reforming public examinations. Though he claimed to be improving examinations and assessment by replicating practices that took place in high-performing countries and thus improving the ability of the UK economy to "compete", this…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Academic Standards, Educational Change, Standardized Tests
Allen, Martin – FORUM: for promoting 3-19 comprehensive education, 2010
While the policies of the Coalition Government will divide learners and limit opportunities, education for the upper secondary years will continue to experience a more systematic "credibility crunch" with schools and colleges facing a crisis of legitimacy and posing major challenges for reformers. (Contains 1 note.)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Credibility, Reputation, Secondary Education