Exploring key issues in education /  

 - London ; New York :  Continuum International Publishing Group,  2009. 
 - x, 183 pages ;  25 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>1. Why do politicians always sound the same? -- 2. Academies: the privatization of education -- 3. Standards, testing and reality -- 4. Choice: public, private and parents -- 5. Faith schools: diversity or division? -- 6. White working-class kids: why are they failing? -- 7. Inclusive education: where are the gypsies and travellers? -- 8. Inner-city education -- 9. Learning from Europe: social pedagogy and looked-after children -- 10. The impact of HIV/AIDS: education as a window of hope for the future? -- 11. No child left behind, really? 
<br/><br/> A textbook for Education Studies that provides an insight into some of the issues and dilemmas that face education from a UK perspective and internationally. This book considers whether reform changes have really been for the better, with chapters on academies and the privatisation of education; and standards and testing.  
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781847060846 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>EDUCATION<br/>EDUCATION -- SOCIAL ASPECTS
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>LA 632 .E97 2009  / NULIB000011753