The reluctant state and the beginning of the end of state education |
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Authors: | Stephen J Ball |
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Institution: | Centre for Critical Education Policy Studies, Institute of Education , University of London , London , UK |
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Abstract: | This paper argues that English education policy has come full-circle – from the first constitution of a state system of education in 1870 to the beginning of the end of state education in 2010 – and that this circularity can be understood in relation to the reluctant state. That is, in the nineteenth century, the English state hesitantly and slowly moved from a patchwork education system of many providers to a national system locally provided. In the twenty-first century, the English state is moving back towards a patchwork of many providers with enhanced institutional autonomies and marginalising the role of local delivery and coordination. |
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Keywords: | the state privatisation philanthropy |
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