What needs to happen for school autonomy to be mobilised to create more equitable public schools and systems of education?

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; Yoon, Ee-Seul

doi:10.1007/s13384-022-00573-w

What needs to happen for school autonomy to be mobilised to create more equitable public schools and systems of education?

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; Yoon, Ee-Seul

Authors

Amanda Keddie

Katrina MacDonald

Jill Blackmore

Ruth Boyask

Scott Fitzgerald

Mihajla Gavin

Amanda Heffernan

David Hursh

Susan McGrath-Champ

Jorunn Møller

John O’Neill

Karolina Parding

Maija Salokangas

Craig Skerritt

Meghan Stacey

Professor PATRICIA THOMSON patricia.thomson@nottingham.ac.uk
PROFESSOR OF EDUCATION

Andrew Wilkins

Rachel Wilson

Cathy Wylie

Ee-Seul Yoon

Abstract

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.

Citation

Keddie, A., MacDonald, K., Blackmore, J., Boyask, R., Fitzgerald, S., Gavin, M., Heffernan, A., Hursh, D., McGrath-Champ, S., Møller, J., O’Neill, J., Parding, K., Salokangas, M., Skerritt, C., Stacey, M., Thomson, P., Wilkins, A., Wilson, R., Wylie, C., & Yoon, E.-S. (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), 1571-1597. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13384-022-00573-w

Journal Article Type	Article
Acceptance Date	Aug 29, 2022
Online Publication Date	Sep 30, 2022
Publication Date	2023-11
Deposit Date	May 27, 2024
Publicly Available Date	May 30, 2024
Journal	Australian Educational Researcher
Print ISSN	0311-6999
Electronic ISSN	2210-5328
Publisher	Springer Verlag
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	50
Issue	5
Pages	1571-1597
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1007/s13384-022-00573-w
Keywords	Education
Public URL	https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/12036217
Publisher URL	https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13384-022-00573-w