School governance : policy, politics and practices / Jacqueline Baxter.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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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 the volunteers who take on the job? 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.

SCHOOL GOVERNANCE -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction -- Aims and approach -- Education as a public service -- Governing, governance and school governing in a democratic system -- Outline of the book -- Research methodology and data -- 1. School governing: a moment in time -- Volunteering in changing political contexts -- School governing in a changing system -- The Education Reform Act 1988, public services and the implications for the transformation of school governing, 1988-2010 -- Challenges for school governance -- 2. The Trojan Horse affair: media phenomenon and policy driver -- Introduction: a media frenzy -- An independent inspectorate -- The final outcome? Aftermath -- 3. School governors in the media -- Introduction -- The mediatisation of policy -- Crafting the story: the journalist's tale -- 4. Framing the work of school governors, 2008-15 -- Introduction -- 2008-09 -- 2010-11 -- 2012-15 -- 5. Democratic accountability: governors in a changing system -- Introduction -- Democratic accountability in the public services: an overview -- The growth of accountability regimes -- The role of the service user: parent, patient, public -- Educational accountability and the role of school governance, 1990-2015: New Public Management, accountability and inspection -- Governors and inspection -- Inspection and accountability today -- 6. Governors making sense of their work -- Introduction -- Making sense of it all -- Developing a governor identity: a way of making sense of the role and its challenges -- Framework for sense-making: commitment as a form of identity formation -- Exploring sense-making -- 7. Post-Trojan Horse: changes to policy and practice since the Trojan Horse affair -- Introduction -- Political fallout -- 'British values' and the policing of 'British values' -- Policy changes.

The outlook for school governing: 2015 onwards -- References -- Index.

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