Education policy in England is constantly evolving and becoming
increasingly incoherent and it is therefore becoming harder to keep up
with, and make sense of, all the changes. This bestselling book looks at
the role of the UK as a social laboratory for global education policy.
Covering key concepts, it then examines new areas, including: - Global
education policy mobility - Edu-business and philanthropy as policy
actors - Marketisation of education - Increase in performance gap -
Poverty and austerity - Impact of COVID-19 on schools and in education
policy - New forms of governance This extensively updated fourth edition
by the key author in the field will maintain its place as the most
important text on education policy and makes essential reading for all
students and anyone interested in education policy more generally.