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Direct linkKu, Hsiao-Yuh – British Journal of Educational Studies, 2022
Brian Simon (1915-2002) was a leading advocate of comprehensive education in the second half of the twentieth century in Britain. In the 1980s, in the face of the ideological offensive from the New Right, he firmly stood by Marxist ideals and resolutely resisted policies of the right-wing leading to the 1988 Education Reform Act. Despite this…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Change, Educational Legislation, Politics of Education
Peer reviewedCarl, Jim – Comparative Education Review, 1994
Compares the actors and ideologies that have shaped national educational policy on school choice, particularly the 1988 Education Reform Act in England and the America 2000 Excellence in Education Act in the United States. Explains how the focus of recent national education reforms shifted from access and efficiency to demand for free markets and…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Conservatism, Educational Change, Educational Philosophy
