How Much Longer Can We Afford the Free School Debacle? State Sponsored Neoliberalism and the Myths of Choice

Autor/in	Kitchener, David
Titel	How Much Longer Can We Afford the Free School Debacle? State Sponsored Neoliberalism and the Myths of Choice
Quelle	In: Journal for Critical Education Policy Studies, 14 (2016) 1, S.74-85 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1740-2743
Schlagwörter	Neoliberalism; School Choice; Foreign Countries; Free Schools; Free Enterprise System; Competition; Educational Change; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Neo-liberalism; Neoliberalismus; Choice of school; Schulwahl; Ausland; Free school; Freie Schule; Freie Wirtschaft; Wettkampf; Bildungsreform; Großbritannien
Abstract	The United Kingdom's 2010 Academies Act further widened the school and State relationship with free schools, in particular, becoming a model separately identified as endorsing and celebrating the neoliberal ideology of competition informed by market principles. The main features of the model are described and complemented with illustrative evidence from Ofsted inspections and research strongly suggesting that, rather than delivering an informed and inclusive approach as claimed by the government, they in fact are socially divisive and serve only to further accentuate class structures and prejudice. It is concluded that they should be replaced by open access, non-selective and fully State owned and funded approaches based on principles of equality and anti-discrimination. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Institute for Education Policy Studies. University of Northampton, School of Education, Boughton Green Road, Northampton, NN2 7AL, UK. Tel: +44-1273-270943; e-mail: ieps@ieps.org.uk; Web site: http://www.jceps.com
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01