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School wars : the battle for Britain's education / Melissa Benn.
- Title
- School wars : the battle for Britain's education / Melissa Benn.
- Author
- Benn, Melissa.
- Publication
- London ; New York : Verso Books, 2011.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | LA632 .B465 2011 | Off-site |
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- Description
- xxii, 233 p.; 23 cm.
- Summary
- Examines the growing inequalities of the British educational system and the threats of privatization, punitive accountability, and the rise of charter schools to the comprehensive ideal.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-219) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Introduction : a view from the ground -- The present threat. Understanding the new schools revolution -- How we got here. The piecemeal revolution ; The long years of attrition -- The way we learn now. The politics of selection ; Going private ; The new school ties -- What next? The shape of things to come? ; 'Go public' : a new school model for a new century.
- ISBN
- 9781844677368
- 1844677362
- LCCN
- ^^2011501683
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library