This volume provides a unique insight into current understanding of a range of issues central to any analysis and evaluation of market-like systems in schooling, including:
* Diversity and hierarchy amongst schools
* Parental criteria for choosing schools
* The differential impact on advantaged and disadvantaged families
* National and international variations in educational policies
* Rules and practices concerning school admissions
Implications for future research and for educational policy are highlighted and the final chapter provides an overview of key themes and issues. This book will interest all those involved in educational policy, researchers, students, headteachers and other senior managers in schools.

About the Author
Carl Bagley, Ron Glatter, Philip Woods

Reviews

'A very useful book for all those interested in the issue of parental choice and how the so-called market has affected schools ... I would certainly recommend the book to readers.' - Educational Management and Administration

'This book will undoubtedly help to shape the future research agenda and should cause policy-makers to reflect carefully.' - British Journal of Educational Studies

'This is a very useful book for all those interested in the issue of parental choice and how the so-called market has affected schools ... I would certainly recommend the book to readers.' Educational Management & Administration

'Glatter, Woods and Bagley have produced an outstanding collection which will become a key reader for students, researchers and policy-makers.' - Journal of Education and Work

'I would strongly recommend this book to fellow researchers in this field. To have accounts from a number of important pieces of research together in one volume is interesting and instructive in itself - and the conciseness which contributors brought to each account is impressive - but the conceptual analysis offered by, amongst others, Glatter et al., Halpin et al., Levin and Riffel, Evans and Vincent are stimulating and helpful in developing our thinking.' - British Journal of Educational Studies

'This is a very useful book for all those interested in the issue of parental choice and how the so-called market has affected schools ... I would certainly recommend the book to readers as it provides an interesting picture of the current position across a range of countries.' - Educational Management and Administration, April 1998

Book Information
ISBN 9780415139786
Author Carl Bagley
Format Paperback
Page Count 232
Imprint Routledge
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Weight(grams) 340g