Stephen Ball
Stephen Ball is a Karl Mannheim Professor of Sociology of Education at UCL, Institute of Education, London UK, an education policy researcher and author of several books on education policy including Global Education Inc. (Routledge) and The Education Debate (Policy Press).
Written by Stephen Ball
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Worlds of Education 3 July 2015 Pearson and PALF: The Mutating GiantPearson and PALF: The Mutating Giant
Stephen Ball
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 Pearson and PALF: The mutating giant
Dr. Carolina Junemann, Stephen Ball
10 June 2015Pearson and PALF: The mutating giantIn their latest work, renowned researchers Carolina Junemann and Stephen J. Ball present a compelling read for anyone concerned about the right of every child to a free quality public education. They reveal that there is an ever-growing concern associated with the continual rise of the commercialisation and privatisation in...
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Fighting the commercialisation of education Hidden privatisation in public education
Stephen Ball
15 May 2008Hidden privatisation in public educationThe trend towards privatization of public education is hidden. It is camouflaged by the language of “educational reform,” or introduced stealthily as “modernization”.