Keddie, Amanda; MacDonald, Katrina; Blackmore, Jill; Boyask, Ruth; Fitzgerald, Scott; Gavin, Mihajla; Heffernan, Amanda; Hursh, David; McGrath-Champ, Susan; Møller, Jorunn; O’Neill, John; Parding, Karolina; Salokangas, Maija; Skerritt, Craig; Stacey, Meghan; Thomson, Pat; Wilkins, Andrew; Wilson, Rachel; Wylie, Cathy and Yoon, Ee‑Seu. 2023. What needs to happen for school autonomy to be mobilised to create more equitable public schools and systems of education? Australian Educational Researcher, 50(5), pp. 1571-1597. ISSN 0311-6999 [Article]

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Abstract or Description

The series of responses in this article were gathered as part of an online mini conference held in September 2021 that sought to explore different ideas and articulations of school autonomy reform across the world (Australia, Canada, England, Ireland, the USA, Norway, Sweden and New Zealand). It centred upon an important question: what needs to happen for school autonomy to be mobilised to create more equitable public schools and systems of education? There was consensus across the group that school autonomy reform creates further inequities at school and system levels when driven by the logics of marketisation, competition, economic efficiency and public accountability. Against the backdrop of these themes, the conference generated discussion and debate where provocations and points of agreement and disagreement about issues of social justice and the mobilisation of school autonomy reform were raised. As an important output of this discussion, we asked participants to write a short response to the guiding conference question. The following are these responses which range from philosophical considerations, systems and governance perspectives, national particularities and teacher and principal perspectives.

Item Type:	Article
Identification Number (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.1007/s13384-022-00573-w
Additional Information:	Open Access funding enabled and organized by CAUL and its Member Institutions.
Keywords:	School autonomy reform, Social justice, Public schooling, Teacher autonomy, Principal autonomy
Departments, Centres and Research Units:	Educational Studies
Dates:	Date Event 29 August 2022 Accepted 30 September 2022 Published Online November 2023 Published
Item ID:	32253
Date Deposited:	03 Oct 2022 10:08
Last Modified:	01 Nov 2023 14:18
Peer Reviewed:	Yes, this version has been peer-reviewed.
URI:	https://research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprint/32253

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