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    Why Harry Brighouse is nearly right about the privatisation of education.James Tooley - 2003 - Journal of Philosophy of Education 37 (3):427–447.
    Professor Harry Brighouse has written extensively against ‘educational choice’ reforms in England and Wales and in the USA, and has challenged the status quo of private school provision in England and Wales. This paper explores the extent to which his arguments are applicable to the more radical, but prima facie linked, concept of the ‘privatisation of education’, that is, where funding, provision or regulation of education are progressively moved away from the state to the private sector. The arguments address in (...)
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    The prisoner's dilemma and educational provision: A reply to Ruth Jonathan.James Tooley - 1992 - British Journal of Educational Studies 40 (2):118-133.
    (1992). The prisoner's dilemma and educational provision: A reply to Ruth Jonathan. British Journal of Educational Studies: Vol. 40, No. 2, pp. 118-133.
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    Equality of educational opportunity without the state?James Tooley - 1993 - Studies in Philosophy and Education 12 (2):153-163.
    This essay took one of the “externalities” of education, equality of opportunity, and suggested that the more extensive state intervention argued for by “the left” was not needed for its provision. This was argued by saying that what “the left” wanted from equality of opportunity was not equality as such, but merely “adequate resources” for all. An “adequate” education it was suggested, could be provided without extensive state intervention for the great majority of children. Only for those children who were (...)
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    Markets or democracy for education? A reply to Stewart Ranson.James Tooley - 1995 - British Journal of Educational Studies 43 (1):21-34.
    This paper, which offers a positive assessment of the role of markets in education, is a 'reply' to an earlier contribution to the Journal in which Stewart Ranson argues that markets are intrinsically flawed as a vehicle for improving educational opportunities. The 'reply', among other things, argues that Ranson fails to address the shortcomings of education under democratic control and ignores the educational benefits of authentic markets.
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    (1 other version)From Adam swift to Adam Smith: How the ‘invisible hand’ overcomes middle class hypocrisy.James Tooley - 2007 - Journal of Philosophy of Education 41 (4):727–741.
    This paper challenges Richard Pring's suggestion that parents using private education may be undermining the desire for social justice and equality, using recent arguments of Adam Swift as a springboard. Swift's position on the banning of private schools, which uses a Rawlsian ‘veil of ignorance’ argument, is explored, and it is suggested that, if equality of opportunity is a major aim, it does not go far enough by permitting parental partiality. If the only alternative is a Platonic state, then this (...)
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    “The role of government in education” revisited: The theory and practice of vouchers, with pointers to another solution for american education.James Tooley - 2014 - Social Philosophy and Policy 31 (1):204-228.
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    New Versus Old Barber: An Unfinished Revolution.James Tooley - 1999 - British Journal of Educational Studies 47 (1):28-42.
    Professor Michael Barber's The Learning Game is a key influence on education policy in England and Wales. This paper focuses on Barber's policy proposals and their theoretical foundations. The paper states the theoretical foundation of the proposals in chaos theory and the working assumption of this paper. It then explores Barber's proposals, for the curriculum, the teaching profession, and the 'individual learning promise'. Finally, alternative mechanisms for arriving at Barber's desired goals consistent with his theoretical framework are sketched out.
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    Politics, markets and schools politics, markets and America's schools.James Tooley - 1994 - Journal of Philosophy of Education 28 (2):257–264.
    James Tooley; Politics, Markets and Schools Politics, Markets and America’s Schools, Journal of Philosophy of Education, Volume 28, Issue 2, 30 May 2006, Pages.
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  9. Pring on privatisation : similar premises, different prognosis.James Tooley - 2015 - In Michael Hand & Richard Davies (eds.), Education, Ethics and Experience: Essays in Honour of Richard Pring. New York: Routledge.
     
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    Putting the Political Back Into Autonomy.James Tooley - 1995 - In Wendy Kohli (ed.), Critical conversations in philosophy of education. New York: Routledge. pp. 379.
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    Review article.James Tooley & Robert D. Heslep - 1993 - Studies in Philosophy and Education 12 (2):257-265.
    Using the definition of “education as a practice”, the only coherent interpretation of Heslep's central thesis of “Education's moral role” was found to need the notion of a “social institution” of Education. This in turn made sense only by positing a notion such as a Political Proficiency Certificate, with its concomitant drastic government intervention. Heslep himself did not suggest this, presumably because he saw the tension that would appear between such an institution and the voluntary actions of citizens. This tension (...)
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    Saving education from the 'lurching steam Roller'.James Tooley - 1997 - In David Bridges (ed.), Education, autonomy, and democratic citizenship: philosophy in a changing world. New York: Routledge. pp. 2--74.
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    The ‘pink‐tank’ on the education reform act.James Tooley - 1992 - British Journal of Educational Studies 40 (4):335-349.