Secondary Education in England

Developing Diversity through Specialisation in Secondary Education: Comparing Approaches in New Zealand and England

The paper compares approaches to curriculum specialisation in secondary education in New Zealand and England. In both countries there have been movements towards increased specialisation, though these have been quite different in form and scope. In both countries specialisation cannot be divorced from broader education policies designed to increase devolution and choice and the paper discusses ...

Diversity, choice and the quasi-market: An empirical analysis of secondary education policy in England

This paper investigates the extent to which exam performance at the end of compulsory education has been affected by three major education reforms: the introduction of a quasi-market following the Education Reform Act (1988); the specialist schools initiative introduced in 1994; and the Excellence in Cities programme introduced in 1999. We use data for all state-funded secondary schools in Engl...

Aspirations, education and inequality in England: insights from the Effective Provision of Pre-school, Primary and Secondary Education

Secondary Education in Nigeria

Secondary Schools in Southern Nigeria With specific reference to Secondary Schools in Southern Nigeria, the ever growing proportion of children of school age that stormed available primary schools created an impression and great eagerness in the missionaries and the colonial government that there were suitable pupils for secondary education. The primary schools, therefore, developed upper stand...

[Secondary education].

Professor E. A. Baker**, S. Empson**, K. B. Chval**, J. Lannin**, T. Sadler**, J. E. Tarr** Emeritus Professor L. H. Barrow*, J. Baumann*, R. F. Fox**, N. Knipping*, S. Palonsky*, B. B Reys*, R. E. Reys*, R. D. Robinson* Associate Professor L. Bennett**, T. Castro**, P. J. Friedrichsen**, C. Gilles**, D. L. Hanuscin**, R. Pinnow**, M. Siegel**, K. Unrath** Associate Professor Emeritus M. Volkma...