Let's Look at Academies Systemically

Autor/in	Glatter, Ron
Titel	Let's Look at Academies Systemically
Quelle	In: Management in Education, 23 (2009) 3, S.104-107 (4 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0892-0206
DOI	10.1177/0892020609105802
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Democracy; Foreign Countries; School Districts; Governance; Accountability; Holistic Approach; Public Schools; Models; Higher Education; Academic Achievement; Cultural Pluralism; School District Autonomy; United Kingdom; United Kingdom (England) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Demokratie; Ausland; School district; Schulbezirk; Education; Educational policy; Financing; Steuerung; Bildung; Erziehung; Bildungspolitik; Finanzierung; Verantwortung; Holistischer Ansatz; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Analogiemodell; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Schulleistung; Kulturpluralismus; School districts; Autonomy; School autonomy; Schulautonomie; Großbritannien
Abstract	In this article the author seeks to look at the policy on Academies from a broader perspective, briefly touching on issues of democracy, autonomy, governance and accountability and arguing that the policy must be considered holistically. Individuals should focus not on an Academy or Academies in isolation but on their relationship with the rest of the school system, given that Academies are and will remain for the foreseeable future a small minority of all publicly funded schools. In the author's view this approach has been seriously neglected as the policy has developed over the past nine years and the small amount of research that has been done has not taken it seriously either. Policymakers, teachers and researchers should consider the impact of Academies on the schooling system as a whole both locally and nationally. The Academy model should be compared with other frameworks, both new and existing, in an open-minded way and using a broad and inclusive set of criteria. Much closer attention should be paid to the perspectives of families--students and their parents or guardians. If individuals follow these prescriptions the author believes they will be able to avoid the unjustified hype, both positive and negative, that has surrounded the Academy program in England over the past few years. (Contains 2 notes.) (ERIC).
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Update	2017/4/10