Product Description: This case-study follows the Assisted Places Scheme announced by the Conservative Government in 1979. It looks at its origins in the private sector, the mobilization of political support for the scheme and its implementation and subsequent expansion...read more

Product Description: Beginning with an introduction to the concept of grant-maintained status and the debate surrounding the policy, this study draws on data and interviews with those involved in education in the UK, and includes comparisons with similar strategies in the USA, Europe and New Zealand...read more

Product Description: Epicenter Johnny rivals the best of Stephen King and Dean Koontz. Sexually abused as a child, Johnny Richter has a talent - -he can create earthquakes simply by willing them to be . . . He reads the Bible and tries to reconcile what he can do, but ...read more

Choice and selection are now cornerstones of education policies wherever these have been shaped by market economics. Now, as never before, schools can face uncertain futures, because their survival is determined by external factors such as admission policies and parental preferences. Because of the link between schooling, and housing and other public sector services, the implications of increasing choice extends well beyond education. Schools, Markets and Choice Policies brings together the findings of the most comprehensive research ever conducted into choice in secondary education, and provides in-depth context, analysis and discussion. In assessing the impact of choice policies not only upon the education system itself, but also upon wider society, it provides valuable insights into economic and social segregation. A groundbreaking contribution to the debate on the role of choice and market economies in education, this book is essential reading for anyone involved in determining or implementing education policy at all levels.