Choice and Diversity in Schooling
This volume provides a unique insight into current understanding of a range of issues central to any analysis and evaluation of market-like systems in schooling, including:\ • Diversity and hierarchy amongst schools\ • Parental criteria for choosing schools\ • The differential impact on advantaged and disadvantaged families\ • National and international variations in educational policies\ • Rules and practices concerning school admissions Implications for future research and for educational...
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This volume provides a unique insight into current understanding of a range of issues central to any analysis and evaluation of market-like systems in schooling, including:• Diversity and hierarchy amongst schools• Parental criteria for choosing schools• The differential impact on advantaged and disadvantaged families• National and international variations in educational policies• Rules and practices concerning school admissions Implications for future research and for educational policy are highlighted and the final chapter provides an overview of key themes and issues. This book will interest all those involved in educational policy, researchers, students, headteachers and other senior managers in schools.
List of illustrationsList of contributorsAcknowledgements1Introduction12Diversity, Differentiation and Hierarchy: School Choice and Parental Preferences73Marketing Quality: Traditional and Modern Versions of Educational Excellence294School System Responses to External Change: Implications for Parental Choice of Schools445Opting into the Past? Grant-Maintained Schools and the Reinvention of Tradition596School's Responsiveness to Parent's Views at Key Stage One717Parental Involvement and School Choice: Israel and the United States868Parental Choice and Special Education1029The Impact of Competition on Secondary Schools11610The Education Market, Labour Relations in Schools and Teacher Unionism in the UK13611Policies for School Choice: What Can Britain Learn from Abroad?15212Admissions to Schools: A Study of Local Education Authorities16613Changing Admissions Policies and Practices in Inner London: Implications for Policy and Future Research17814Review and Implications191Index206
