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Direct linkMiller, Paul; Craven, Barrie; Tooley, James – Research Papers in Education, 2014
The 2010 Academies Act was significant in introducing Free Schools to the English education system. Opening up funding to new, non-profit entrants on the basis of demand, the policy has aroused support and controversy on political, philosophical and practical educational grounds with implications for social justice in terms of equity and freedom.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Free Schools, Social Justice, School Choice
Miller, Paul – Research in Comparative and International Education, 2011
The creation of multiple academies and the introduction of free schools across England is a policy-borrowing initiative that has had much debate from various actors in society. Many criticisms have been levelled at the government's plans and many individuals and organisations have called for them not to come on stream, but instead for the…
Descriptors: Free Schools, Foreign Countries, School Choice, Government Role
