Policy and Power in Education by Harold Heller, Peter Edwards - 9781032949680

Policy and Power in EducationThe Rise and Fall of the LEA\nAuthor(s): Harold Heller, Peter Edwards\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781032949680, 978-1032949680\nSynopsis\nThe fortunes of the education service in Britain have been intimately bound up with the vitality of the local education authorities, particularly in the decades following the 1944 Education Act. The passing of the 1988 Education Reform Act saw the LEAs in seriousperhaps terminaldecline.\n\nFirst published in 1992, Policy and Power in Education sets out to map the contours of this decline in power. It relates these changing fortunes not only to the social and political environment in Britain but also to wider developments in the industrialised world. It argues that post-colonial decline, economic retreat and insular self-satisfaction combined with basic structural flaws in the LEA system threaten its very existence in the last decade of the millenn.