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Language | English |
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Pages | 61-71 |
Number of pages | 10 |
Journal | Improving Schools |
Volume | 7 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2004 |
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Keywords
- evaluation
- residential school
- Scotland
- social market
- special education
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School improvement in the marketplace : the case of residential special schools. / Smith, Mark; McKay, Euan; Chakrabarti, Mono; University of Strathclyde.
In: Improving Schools, Vol. 7, No. 1, 2004, p. 61-71.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
TY - JOUR
T1 - School improvement in the marketplace
T2 - Improving Schools
AU - Smith, Mark
AU - McKay, Euan
AU - Chakrabarti, Mono
AU - University of Strathclyde
PY - 2004
Y1 - 2004
N2 - Over the past couple of decades, residential special schools in Scotland have faced fundamental changes to the way they operate. This has involved the withdrawal of state funding, a shrinkage of the sector and a situation in which schools now have to sell their services in a market economy in order to survive. This article gives a brief outline of the history and development of residential special education for children considered to be troubled or troublesome. It then draws on an evaluation of one former approved, or List D, school to describe how it managed the transition to the marketplace. Findings from the evaluation are introduced and some implications of these are discussed. It is concluded that the shift from state or local authority funding to private provision may have some advantages. However, it also raises a number of questions as to whether provision for some of society's most damaged children should be determined by market forces.
AB - Over the past couple of decades, residential special schools in Scotland have faced fundamental changes to the way they operate. This has involved the withdrawal of state funding, a shrinkage of the sector and a situation in which schools now have to sell their services in a market economy in order to survive. This article gives a brief outline of the history and development of residential special education for children considered to be troubled or troublesome. It then draws on an evaluation of one former approved, or List D, school to describe how it managed the transition to the marketplace. Findings from the evaluation are introduced and some implications of these are discussed. It is concluded that the shift from state or local authority funding to private provision may have some advantages. However, it also raises a number of questions as to whether provision for some of society's most damaged children should be determined by market forces.
KW - evaluation
KW - residential school
KW - Scotland
KW - social market
KW - special education
U2 - 10.1177/1365480204042115
DO - 10.1177/1365480204042115
M3 - Article
VL - 7
SP - 61
EP - 71
JO - Improving Schools
JF - Improving Schools
SN - 1365-4802
IS - 1
ER -