Competition in the School Curriculum: the economic and policy context in the UK

Nick Adnett ()

Working Papers from Staffordshire University, Business School

Abstract: This paper provides a selective review of the contribution of economic analyses to contemporary debates about the reform of state schooling in the UK. Initially it briefly outlines the nature of recent market-based reforms in the UK and examines their underlying rationale. It then identifies some of the problems which the strengthening of the role of quasi-markets in education in the UK have caused. It concludes by providing an economic assessment of the impact of these reforms, concentrating upon the consequences for curriculum choice within schools of the increase in inter-school competition. This review provides a contextual background for an on- going research project investigating the impact of reform on curriculum in two local school markets.

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