Jacqueline Baxter
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- January 2017
- ISBN:
- 9781447326021
- eISBN:
- 9781447326229
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781447326021.003.0003
- Subject:
- Law, Criminal Law and Criminology
Chapter Two details the unravelling of the ‘Trojan Horse’ affair andthe ways in which it revealed that the government’s peremptory andPanglossian ideal of an ‘excellent education system’, as ...
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Chapter Two details the unravelling of the ‘Trojan Horse’ affair andthe ways in which it revealed that the government’s peremptory andPanglossian ideal of an ‘excellent education system’, as articulated via the academies project, has, to a great extent, overlooked the vital area of Education governance. It describes how the affair has not only revealed a troubling set of issues related to governance, but by manifesting as a ‘media storm’, ‘an Islamist plot’ and the apotheosis of an ‘ideological drive’ by a senior government minister, has also become a watershed for future policy and practices in this area.Less
Chapter Two details the unravelling of the ‘Trojan Horse’ affair andthe ways in which it revealed that the government’s peremptory andPanglossian ideal of an ‘excellent education system’, as articulated via the academies project, has, to a great extent, overlooked the vital area of Education governance. It describes how the affair has not only revealed a troubling set of issues related to governance, but by manifesting as a ‘media storm’, ‘an Islamist plot’ and the apotheosis of an ‘ideological drive’ by a senior government minister, has also become a watershed for future policy and practices in this area.
Jacqueline Baxter
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- January 2017
- ISBN:
- 9781447326021
- eISBN:
- 9781447326229
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781447326021.001.0001
- Subject:
- Law, Criminal Law and Criminology
What impact have the unprecedented and rapid changes to the structure of education in England had on school governors and policy makers? And what effect has the intensifying media and regulatory ...
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What impact have the unprecedented and rapid changes to the structure of education in England had on school governors and policy makers? And what effect has the intensifying media and regulatory focus had on volunteer school governors? Jacqueline Baxter takes the 2014 ‘Trojan Horse’ scandal, in which it was alleged that governors at 25 Birmingham schools were involved in the ‘Islamisation’ of secular state schools, as a focus point to examine the pressures and challenges in the current system. Informed by her twenty years’ experience as a school governor, she considers both media analysis and policy as well as the implications for the future of a democratic system of education in England.Less
What impact have the unprecedented and rapid changes to the structure of education in England had on school governors and policy makers? And what effect has the intensifying media and regulatory focus had on volunteer school governors? Jacqueline Baxter takes the 2014 ‘Trojan Horse’ scandal, in which it was alleged that governors at 25 Birmingham schools were involved in the ‘Islamisation’ of secular state schools, as a focus point to examine the pressures and challenges in the current system. Informed by her twenty years’ experience as a school governor, she considers both media analysis and policy as well as the implications for the future of a democratic system of education in England.
Jacqueline Baxter
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- January 2017
- ISBN:
- 9781447326021
- eISBN:
- 9781447326229
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781447326021.003.0001
- Subject:
- Law, Criminal Law and Criminology
The introduction sets the scene for the book, outlining The ‘Trojan Horse’ Affair and its significance for education and education governance. It also locates school governing in the wider context of ...
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The introduction sets the scene for the book, outlining The ‘Trojan Horse’ Affair and its significance for education and education governance. It also locates school governing in the wider context of governance and places education in the broader field of public services.Less
The introduction sets the scene for the book, outlining The ‘Trojan Horse’ Affair and its significance for education and education governance. It also locates school governing in the wider context of governance and places education in the broader field of public services.
Jacqueline Baxter
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- January 2017
- ISBN:
- 9781447326021
- eISBN:
- 9781447326229
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781447326021.003.0002
- Subject:
- Law, Criminal Law and Criminology
Chapter one begins with a brief outline of the role that school governors play in educational governance in England, describing the challenges they face and outlining these in the lead up to the ...
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Chapter one begins with a brief outline of the role that school governors play in educational governance in England, describing the challenges they face and outlining these in the lead up to the ‘Trojan Horse’ Affair in 2014. In so doing it illustrates the ways in which unprecedented levels of reform that led up to the affair, and the catalytic effect it has had on policy since then. It also highlights the myriad ways in which the politicisation of education has encroached upon the whole area of compulsory education in England and how this, in turn, has impacted on democratic governance and accountability.Less
Chapter one begins with a brief outline of the role that school governors play in educational governance in England, describing the challenges they face and outlining these in the lead up to the ‘Trojan Horse’ Affair in 2014. In so doing it illustrates the ways in which unprecedented levels of reform that led up to the affair, and the catalytic effect it has had on policy since then. It also highlights the myriad ways in which the politicisation of education has encroached upon the whole area of compulsory education in England and how this, in turn, has impacted on democratic governance and accountability.
