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Barker, Bernard – Journal of Education Policy, 2008
There is growing concern that almost 20 years after the 1988 Education Act, top-down, large-scale reform has stalled. The policy mix of choice, competition, markets, regulation, accountability and leadership seems not to have closed the gap between advantaged and disadvantaged areas and individuals, while most variations in school performance can…
Descriptors: School Restructuring, Disadvantaged, Educational Change, Foreign Countries