Secondary Schools

Paul Jowett and Margaret Rothwell
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Paul Jowett: Monitor Company
Margaret Rothwell: Oxford Polytechnic

Chapter 4 in Performance Indicators in the Public Sector, 1988, pp 39-48 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract Events in recent years — for example, the Poundswick affair in Manchester in 1985, the increased militancy of teachers’ unions, and the countrywide disruption caused by the long and bitter pay dispute of 1985–6 — have made secondary schools the centre of media attention. The message teachers wish to transmit to the government is that unless their share of the public expenditure cake is increased significantly, and their profession held in higher esteem, standards will necessarily deteriorate. In stark contrast, the government is adamant that standards can (and must) be improved without any expansion of resources; teachers, vehemently opposed to this philosophy, firmly believe that unless salaries are brought into line with those of other professions — for example, doctors and lawyers — education will suffer from a dearth of able and qualified staff.

Keywords: School Meal; Free School Meal; Pupil Secondary School; Examination Success; Student Attainment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1988
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-08987-1_4

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