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The COVID-19 pandemic has left inequalities in schools wider and uncertainty about the future greater. Now seems an appropriate time to think about the contribution schooling makes to the communities it serves and the country generally. However, drawing on his recent research, Richard Riddell argues that the increasingly narrow focus of Education governance after 20 years of reform has made new thinking impossible and has degraded public life. Nevertheless, he highlights new possibilities for democratic behaviour and the opening up of schooling to all it serves.

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This insider's view of English school governance provides scope and depth that is rare and much-needed. Diane Reay, University of Cambridge Recent education policy and governance in England has produced centralisation and a marked diminution of democratic accountability. In this important book, Riddell provides a well-informed diagnosis whilst also offering practical pointers for a public service that is redemocratised and responsive to local communities. David James, Cardiff University A forensic and shocking account of the sad and sorry state of English education. Yet Riddell offers a possible and better future, one which understands school context and incorporates local democratic oversight. It is a book that will make you angry and hopeful. Shame on education policy makers who do not read it. Stephen J. Ball, University College London

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Richard Riddell has worked for over 40 years as a state schoolteacher, senior Local Authority Officer, consultant, head of education for an NGO and senior lecturer at Bath Spa University where he is now Visiting Research Fellow. An experienced author, this is his fourth book.

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