What lessons can we learn from the relationship between
policy-makers and schools over the life of the 'New' Labour and its
predecessor Conservative government? What happened to 'Education,
Education, Education' as it travelled from political vision to
classroom practice? What are the lasting legacies of 13 years of a
reforming Labour government? And what are the key messages for a
coalition government? These are the questions addressed to the
architects of educational reform, their critics and the prophets of
better things to come. The 37 interviewees include ministers past
and present, journalists, union officials, members of lobby groups
and think tanks. Reinventing Schools, Reforming Teaching considers
the impact of educational policies on those who have to translate
political priorities into the day to day work of schools and
classrooms. The authors argue that an evidence-informed view of
policy-making has yet to be realised, graphically illustrating how
many recent political decisions in education can be explained by
the personal experiences, predilections and short-term needs of key
decision-makers. The interviews, which explore the dynamics behind
the creation of education policies, cover a wide range of themes
and issues, including: policy-makers' attitudes to schools, the
staff who work in them and the communities they serve the drivers
of politicians' reform agendas and the constraints on radical
reform the shaping and reshaping of curriculum and assessment the
search for a more effective marriage between inspection and school
self evaluation the relationship of academic research to policy
making how a vision for teaching and teachers might be constructed
for the 21st century Contributions from leading figures including;
David Puttnam, Kenneth Baker, Estelle Morris, Gillian Shepherd, Jim
Knight, Pauline Perry, Michael Barber, Peter Mortimore, Judy Sebba,
Paul Black, Mary James, Kevan Collins, David Hargreaves, Mike
Tomlinson, David Berliner, Andreas Schleicher, Tim Brighouse, Conor
Ryan, Keith Bartley, Michael Gove and Philippa Cordingley are woven
in with the insights of teachers and headteachers such as Alasdair
MacDonald and William Atkinson. The book's findings and proposals
will be of interest not only to professional educators and those
with an interest in the current and future state of education but
to those interested in the process of policy-making itself.
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