Education Policy in Britain
In: Contemporary Political Studies
Cover -- Contents -- List of Boxes and Tables -- List of Abbreviations -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1 Why Education Matters -- The threat of mass education -- What is the purpose of education? -- A utilitarian perspective -- The social function of schooling -- Social reconstructionism: an ideology for the future? -- 2 The Rise and Fall of the Post-War Consensus -- The 1944 Education Act -- A national system, locally administered -- Flaws in the 'tripartite' system -- Circular 10/65 -- The end of consensus -- 3 From Callaghan to Major, 1976-97 -- Accountability and control under James Callaghan -- The first two Thatcher administrations, 1979-87 -- The 1988 Education Reform Act -- Choice and diversity under John Major -- 4 Diversity, Choice and the Measurement of Progress, 1997-2012 -- Aspects of continuity -- The 1997 White Paper -- Selection, specialization and diversity -- The 2001 Green Paper -- The 2001 White Paper and the 2002 Education Act -- Difficulties facing the Education Secretary -- A renewed commitment to choice and diversity -- The administration of Gordon Brown -- The 2010 General Election and the Coalition Agreement -- The development of Conservative education policy after 2007 -- Coalition education policy since 2010 -- 5 The Privatization of Education -- Privatization in the 1980s -- Private Finance Initiative -- Other privatizing initiatives in the 1990s -- The introduction of the Academies programme -- Capita and ETS -- The expansion of the Academies programme since 2010 -- 6 The Changing Worlds of Education Policy -- The post-war tripartite partnership -- The origins of the 1988 Education Act -- The role of advisers under New Labour -- Policy-making in Scotland -- Recent developments in Wales -- 7 The Evolving Curriculum from 5 to 14 -- Teacher 'control' of the curriculum -- From partnership to accountability.
