New Labours Academies Programme - 556 Words

In 2008 Lord Adonis proclaimed in an article entitled, ‘Academies and the future of state education’ that ‘Academies are injecting the best of the DNA of private schools into the state funded sector’ (p10). In that statement Lord Adonis showed the enthusiasm and positivity that the Labour government held upon implementing this programme. However, the New Labour’s Academies programme showed internal and external ambiguities. Hatcher (2010, p81) in his article, ‘New lessons for England’s schools’ writes, ‘The rationale for Labour’s Academy can be summarised simply as: in order to increase the competitiveness of the British economy, students attainment needs to improve, and the involvement of external organisations in running schools can make them more efficient’. Hatcher’s summary of what Labour’s policy on Academies intended to achieve contradicts Curtis (2009) observations that point to ‘litt le evidence on Academies ability to raise attainment’ and the notion that Academies were only introduced as an intervention process to change and transform education in disadvantaged communities and ‘turn around’ failing schools. Hatcher expands on this point about ‘external organisation’ as they continually change and drive the motives for business pressures and privatisation. This continued ‘change’ towards a school business model is a paradoxical swift from intervention which primarily focuses on improving failing schools. This is important because the current Conservative ledShow MoreRelatedContemporary Issues in Management Accounting211377 Words   |  846 PagesOxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford. It furthers the University’s objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education by publishing worldwide in Oxford New York Auckland Cape Town Dar es Salaam Hong Kong Karachi Kuala Lump ur Madrid Melbourne Mexico City Nairobi New Delhi Shanghai Taipei Toronto With oYces in Argentina Austria Brazil Chile Czech Republic France Greece Guatemala Hungary Italy Japan Poland Portugal Singapore South Korea Switzerland Thailand TurkeyRead MoreMotivation in Work Settings: Reflection in the Core Organizational Management Strategy16099 Words   |  65 Pagesattractiveness as well as the completive position can be structured by a firm and considers these as the challenges in respect to the competitive strategy. He stated that five forces determines the rule of competition in an industry ; these are the entry of new competitors, the threats of substitute , barging power of buyers , the barging power of suppliers also the rivalry among the existing competitors. These forces are considered as factors as factors of an industry profitability due to their action on