The English school reforms: competition, innovation and fragmentation

Ainscow, M. and Salokangas, M. (2020) The English school reforms: competition, innovation and fragmentation. In: Jones, M. and Harris, A. (eds.) Leading and Transforming Education Systems. Series: Education in the Asia-Pacific region: issues, concerns and prospects, 52 (52). Springer: Singapore, pp. 61-76. ISBN 978-981-15-4994-6 (doi: 10.1007/978-981-15-4996-0_5)

Abstract

The last 30 years have seen efforts by successive governments, of different political persuasions, to improve the English education system. Common to all of these reform efforts is a concern to close the gap in attainment between students from economically disadvantaged students and their peers, although the approaches tried have varied considerably. More recently, they have involved an increased emphasis on the idea of allowing schools greater autonomy within a policy context based on market forces as the main improvement strategy.

• Item Type: Book Sections
• Status: Published
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Ainscow, Professor Mel
• Authors: Ainscow, M., and Salokangas, M.
• College/School: College of Social Sciences > School of Education
• Publisher: Springer
• ISBN: 978-981-15-4994-6