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| Lauder, Hugh | 1 |
| West, Anne | 1 |
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Peer reviewedWalford, Geoffrey – Educational Policy, 1993
John E. Chubb and Terry M. Moe's booklet "A Lesson in School Reform from Great Britain (Brookings, 1992) and Denis Lawton's book "Education and Politics in the 1990s: Conflict or Consensus?" (Falmer, 1992) attempt to evaluate effects of recent educational changes in England and Wales. Lawton's thoughtful, scholarly analysis of the…
Descriptors: Book Reviews, Competition, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedDennison, Bill; Fitz, John; Lauder, Hugh; Walford, Geoffrey; West, Anne – Educational Management & Administration, 1999
Five reviewers of "School Choice and Competition: Markets in the Public Interest?" (Routledge, 1998), by Philip Woods, Carl Bagley, and Ron Glatter, critique this comprehensive study of three educational quasi-markets in Great Britain. Areas such as social stratification, overall student achievement, diversity, and innovation appear to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Competition, Cost Effectiveness
