The Great City Academy Fraud.

Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1 From Colleges to Academies -- 2 Blunkett Throws Money at Academies -- 3 Sponsors in Ermine -- 4 How They Tore Up the Laws on Schools -- 5 Faith in Academies -- 6 A Learning Curve in West London -- 7 Islington Feels the Wrath of Downing Street -- 8 The Schools that Fail to Fail -- 9 Selecting Staff, Sponsors and Students -- 10 But Does It Work? -- 11 Where Do We Go from Here? -- Appendix 1: Academies Open as at September 2006 -- Appendix 2: Timeline -- Appendix 3: Academies that Are in Development -- Index.

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