Academies in England and Independent Schools ("Fristående Skolor") in Sweden: Policy, Privatisation, Access and Segregation

Autor/in	West, Anne
Titel	Academies in England and Independent Schools ("Fristående Skolor") in Sweden: Policy, Privatisation, Access and Segregation
Quelle	In: Research Papers in Education, 29 (2014) 3, S.330-350 (21 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0267-1522
DOI	10.1080/02671522.2014.885732
Schlagwörter	Private Schools; Foreign Countries; Educational Policy; Outcomes of Education; Comparative Education; Neoliberalism; Educational History; Ownership; Access to Education; Equal Education; Educational Opportunities; School Segregation; Sweden; United Kingdom (England) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Private school; Privatschule; Ausland; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Vergleichende Erziehungswissenschaft; Neo-liberalism; Neoliberalismus; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Eigentum; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Bildungsangebot; Bildungschance; Schweden
Abstract	Academies (and free schools) in England and independent grant-aided schools, "fristående skolor" (or "friskolor"), in Sweden have been the subject of much academic debate, but there is a paucity of comparative research relating to policy development or outcomes. This paper adopts a comparative perspective, outlining the historical context, then comparing the policy goals and development of the two programmes from their inception. It is argued that the policy goals of the two programmes are underpinned by similar ideologies, but the policy outcomes have differed in terms of the extent and type of "privatisation". Two broad themes related to equality of opportunity are then explored: access to schools, and school composition and segregation. It is argued that the extent to which differential school access and segregation can be attributed to the introduction of independent schools in Sweden and academies in England, is far from clear; it would be wrong to assume that there is a single, simple explanation. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10