Modernising School Governance examines the impact of recent
market-based reforms on the role of governors in the English state
education system. A focus of the book concerns how government and
non-government demands for 'strong governance' have been translated
to mean improved performance management of senior school leaders
and greater monitoring and disciplining of governors. This book
addresses fundamental questions about the neoliberal logic
underpinning these reforms and how governors are being trained and
responsibilised in new ways to enhance the integrity of these
developments. Drawing on large-scale research conducted over three
years, the book examines the impact of these reforms on the day to
day practices of governors and the diminished role of democracy in
these contexts. Wilkins also captures the economic and political
rationalities shaping the conduct of governors at this time and
traces these expressions to wider structural developments linked to
depoliticisation, decentralisation and disintermediation. This book
addresses timely and original issues concerning the role of
corporate planning and expert handling to state education at a time
of increased school autonomy, shrinking local government
support/oversight, and tight, centralised accountability. It will
appeal to researchers and postgraduate students in disciplines of
education, sociology, political science, public policy and
management. It will also be of interest to researchers and policy
makers from countries with similar or emerging quasi-market
education systems.
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