School Policy in England and the USA: A Review Essay

Autor/in	Wrigley, Terry
Titel	School Policy in England and the USA: A Review Essay
Quelle	In: Critical Studies in Education, 53 (2012) 1, S.109-117 (9 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1750-8487
DOI	10.1080/17508487.2012.635667
Schlagwörter	Strategic Planning; Foreign Countries; School Policy; Educational Development; Educational Practices; Educational Policy; Barriers; Textbook Content; Politics of Education; Policy Analysis; Educational Testing; School Choice; Educational Change; Instructional Innovation; Comparative Education; United Kingdom (England); United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Strategy; Planning; Strategie; Planung; Ausland; Schulpolitik; Bildungsentwicklung; Bildungspraxis; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Lehrbuchtext; Educational policy; Politikfeldanalyse; Choice of school; Schulwahl; Bildungsreform; Educational Innovation; Bildungsinnovation; Vergleichende Erziehungswissenschaft; USA
Abstract	This article presents a review on three books that have been published from positions of considerable authority on educational developments in the USA and England over the past two decades. All of the authors have considerable knowledge, not only of policy making at the top but also of the ways in which this interacts with and impacts upon practice in the schools. The political positioning of the authors varies widely: Diane Ravitch served as President Bush Senior's Assistant Secretary for Education, whereas John Bangs has just retired from many years as the senior official for educational matters of the National Union of Teachers in England and Melissa Benn sits out on the left of, though still within, the British Labour Party. Nevertheless all three, with Bangs' co-authors Macbeath and Galton, share a deep and well-informed anger at what has happened in school policy in their respective countries and a great fear for the future if this policy direction cannot be stopped. The three books provide many policy warnings for other nations. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10