John G. Richardson and Justin J.W. Powell
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- June 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780804760737
- eISBN:
- 9780804779135
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Stanford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.11126/stanford/9780804760737.001.0001
- Subject:
- Sociology, Education
In today's schools the number of students who receive additional resources to access the curriculum is growing rapidly, and the ongoing expansion of special education is among the most significant ...
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In today's schools the number of students who receive additional resources to access the curriculum is growing rapidly, and the ongoing expansion of special education is among the most significant worldwide educational developments of the past century. Yet even among developed democracies the range of access varies hugely, from one student in twenty to one student in three. In contemporary conflicts about educational standards and accountability, special education plays a key role as it draws the boundaries between exclusion and inclusion. This book unites in-depth comparative and historical studies with analyses of global trends, with a particular focus on special and inclusive education in the United States, England, France, and Germany. The authors examine the causes and consequences of various institutional and organizational developments, illustrate differences in forms of educational governance and social policy priorities, and highlight the evolution of social logics from segregation of students with special educational needs to their inclusion in local schools.Less
In today's schools the number of students who receive additional resources to access the curriculum is growing rapidly, and the ongoing expansion of special education is among the most significant worldwide educational developments of the past century. Yet even among developed democracies the range of access varies hugely, from one student in twenty to one student in three. In contemporary conflicts about educational standards and accountability, special education plays a key role as it draws the boundaries between exclusion and inclusion. This book unites in-depth comparative and historical studies with analyses of global trends, with a particular focus on special and inclusive education in the United States, England, France, and Germany. The authors examine the causes and consequences of various institutional and organizational developments, illustrate differences in forms of educational governance and social policy priorities, and highlight the evolution of social logics from segregation of students with special educational needs to their inclusion in local schools.
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.
