• ISBN13: 9781447311317
• Binding: Hardcover
• Subject: Education & Psychology
• Publisher: Policy Press
• Publisher Imprint: Policy Pr.
• Publication Date: January 1, 2013
• Pages: 320
• Original Price: GBP 22.99
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 540 grams
• BISAC Subject(s): Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects and Educational Policy & Reform / General

Education under siege considers the English education system as it is and as it might be. It identifies the current system's strengths and weaknesses and proposes radical changes to ensure fair education for all.

Mortimore, Peter: - Peter Mortimore has been a teacher, researcher and administrator in education for nearly 50 years. Most recently he was Professor of Education at the University of Southern Denmark having previously been Director of the Institute of Education, University of London. He has carried out numerous studies of school effectiveness and undertaken reviews of Nordic education systems. He was an education columnist for the Guardian for four years.