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Direct linkMortimore, Peter – FORUM: for promoting 3-19 comprehensive education, 2023
This article proposes reform of the Office for Standards in Education (Ofsted). It considers the purpose of inspection in English schools and describes the previous system of inspection based on Her Majesty's Inspectors of Schools (HMI). The question of how effective Ofsted is -- in comparison to similar countries -- is then addressed. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Inspection, Schools, Standards
Apple, Michael W. – Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 2009
This article examines the ways in which the complex and at times contradictory project of "conservative modernization" has altered the terrain of education. It extends the arguments I make in "Educating the "Right" Way" (2006) about understanding the "right", about the possibilities of interrupting the right in education, and about our roles in…
Descriptors: Political Attitudes, Schools, Educational Policy, Criticism
Gunter, Helen; Rayner, Steve; Thomas, Hywel; Fielding, Antony; Butt, Graham; Lance, Ann – Management in Education, 2004
load has been highlighted by recent studies, including work for the DfES by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC 2001) and by the Office for Manpower Economics (OME) for the School Teachers' Review Body (DfES 2000). The PwC report concluded that teachers and headteachers work more intensive weeks than other comparable managers and professionals. This heavy…
Descriptors: Criticism, Foreign Countries, Teachers, Instructional Leadership
