School governance : policy, politics and practices

Author(s)

• Baxter, Jacqueline

Bibliographic Information

School governance : policy, politics and practices

Jacqueline Baxter

（Policy Press shorts, . Research）

Policy Press, 2016

• : hardcover

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-196) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Jacqueline Baxter takes the 2014 `Trojan Horse' scandal, in which it was alleged that governors at 25 Birmingham schools were involved in the "Islamisation" of secular state schools, as a focus point to examine the pressures and challenges in the current English education system.

Table of Contents

• The Trojan Horse: catastrophe or catalyst for change?
• Media representations of school governance today
• Opening up The Trojan Horse
• Governors today: Identities and perceptions
• Regulating the Governors?
• School Governing in England, a whole new chapter?.

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Details

• NCID: BB25477649
• ISBN:
  • 9781447326021
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Bristol
• Pages/Volumes: xi, 204 p.
• Size: 21 cm
• Classification:
  • DC23 : 379.42
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : School management and organization -- England
  • LCSH : Education and state -- England
  • LCSH : Educational leadership -- England
  • LCSH : Islam and civil society -- Great Britain
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BB20626967