ERIC Number: EJ753012
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2006-Sep
Pages: 21
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Privatization and Sponsorship: The Re-Agenting of the School System in England
Hatcher, Richard
Journal of Education Policy, v21 n5 p599-619 Sep 2006
In this article I use the concept of "re-agenting" to explore and explain the role of non-state agencies, principally private companies and business entrepreneurs, as key instruments in the government's transformation of the school system in England. Their role takes both for-profit and not-for-profit forms. The outsourcing to private companies of the implementation of government education policies and the delivery of educational services to schools and local authorities has created a profitable market. Equally significant is the growing involvement of the private sector in schools through the sponsorship of specialist schools and Academies on a non-profit basis. (Contains 2 tables and 1 note.)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Private Sector, Privatization, School Districts, Entrepreneurship, Nonprofit Organizations, Agency Role, Government Role, Private Agencies, Public Agencies
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom (England)
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