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Hogan, Anna; Thompson, Greg; Mockler, Nicole; Johnson, Rebecca – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2022
This paper uses Anderson's notion of 'imagined community' to argue that how people think about the publicness of their school system provides insight into the functioning and flourishing of communities, societies and nations. We focus on the privatisation of public schooling in Alberta, Canada and Northern England to highlight tensions between the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Change, Privatization, Public Schools
Schlomerkemper, Jorg – Western European Education, 1990
Describes the integrated comprehensive school (ICS) in Germany, where, as of 1988, 90 percent of all students attended traditional schools. Traces the history of comprehensive schools in Germany and examines their philosophy and objectives. States comprehensive schooling cannot create equal social entitlements but can encourage all students to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comprehensive Programs, Democratic Values, Educational Change