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The article offers information on the eight chapters of the white paper "Educational Excellence Everywhere," that was published on March 17, 2016. Topics discussed include the education excellence base on the capacity to improve and performance in England, the recruitment of talented teachers, and the empowerment of parents, communities and pupils of high performing maintained primary and secondary schools towards the academisation by 2020.

The article reports on publishing of schools White paper, Opportunity for All. Topics include the White Paper sets out plan to make sure every child can reach full height of their potential; the Department for Education will consider how to hold the trusts accountable, and focused on the quality and inclusivity of the education; and local authorities will be allowed to form their own multi-academy trusts.

The article examines that Secretary of State for Education, Gavin Williamson made a statement on the publication of a skills for Jobs White Paper on the next steps for post-16 education reform. Topics include considered that Secretary of State pointed out that lifelong loan entitlement would be available from 2025, which would build on the changes that would be brought in through the White Paper.

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to investigate contemporary changes in the education system. In particular, an analysis of the mechanisms of coordination and communication involved in the process can show how different geographical factors with different relational mechanisms may contribute to the creation of a new academic entrepreneurship. Design/methodology/approach: The authors propose a methodology with two-step approach. In the first part of the paper, they use a theoretical approach to carry out a longitudinal study of academic literature on the topics of "entrepreneurial university," "academic entrepreneurship" and "spin-off organizations." In the second part, they use cross-database analysis to theorize the main aspects of recent developments in higher education in Italy. To this end, the authors use three public and open-access databases on spin-offs, universities and higher education institutions and incubators in Italy. Findings: First, issues relating to the formation and best practices of entrepreneurial universities are discussed, based on the works of researchers from 25 countries. Second, a hypothesis is put forward to suggest that the organizational model of entrepreneurial university affects microeconomic competitiveness. Third, a case study of Italian spin-off organizations suggests that the number of incubators and spin-offs, and the type of academic knowledge, all directly affect the entrepreneurial university. Originality/value: This paper aims to examine the role of the university in the modern economic system. The originality of this investigation lies in its ability to offer a picture and first analysis of the main actors and of the entrepreneurial university system. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article reports that backbenchers, ex-ministers and Estelle Morris, a former education secretary in Great Britain are opposing the government's white paper on education. They claim that the legislation for setting up independent trust schools would not be in favor of disadvantaged pupils. The ministers suggest that local authorities be given the power to stop schools expanding. According to the British Humanist Association trust schools would lead to segregation and sectarianism in education.

The article presents a perspective on issues regarding the argument within the government over the education white paper in Great Britain. According to the author, the Prime Minister wants to persuade the people on the importance of his education reform. Some have criticized the reform as complicated and will have no effect on education.

Higher education in China experienced dramatic expansion in recent years. This paper focuses on the recent reforms and future challenges in financing the rapidly expanding Chinese higher education system. It is argued that the growing college-age population, roaring social and private demands for higher education opportunities, increasing financial needs of universities and colleges, and competing demands for resources from primary and secondary levels of education will result in serious challenges for higher education financing in China. Strategies to tackle these challenges will be discussed briefly. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Focuses on the Further Education: Raising Skills, Improving Life Chances White Paper in Great Britain. The disadvantages associated with the education reform proposal are mentioned. The educational issues that are not covered by the White Paper are enumerated. The aims of further education are cited.

The article discusses the state of the education system in Wales, particularly focusing on its poor test results from the A-level and General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) examinations. It addresses policy decisions made in the early 2000s that eliminated formal assessments of Welsh students in favor of teacher-led assessment. It notes the Programme for International Student Assessment (Pisa), Welsh education minister Leighton Andrews, and underperformance in key skills. INSET: Paper problem.

Comments on the stand of British Education Secretary Ruth Kelly on the 14-19 White Paper submitted in the British House of Commons as of February 2005. Overview of the statement made by Kelly.

The article reports on statistics regarding the granting of tenure in New York City in the aftermath of its 2009 changes to the city's education policies on the issue, taken from the 2014 working paper "Performance screens for school improvement: The case of teacher tenure reform in New York City," by S. Loeb and J. Wyckoff.

The article provides an overview of the research paper, Educational Reform in the 1980s: Explaining Some Surprising Success by Joseph Murphy, which appeared in the Fall 1989 issue of Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis. Murphy carefully weighs arguments on either side of the issue as to whether 1980s Wave I reform has been successful. His conclusion was that there are some small successes, more than scholars tended to anticipate, and these are of great importance for future development. Murphy does not explain how the top-down styles can be expected to ben or accommodate in order to meet necessary conditions for Waves 2 and 3, a next step for Murphy and others concerned about how meaningful policy change can occur in largely routinized, bureaucratically conservative, loosely linked systems. He does see some promise in these systems' already becoming somewhat more tightly linked and in their sharing aims with those attached to initiatives at the state level.

The article comments on the White Paper on further education reform in Great Britain. The issues that are not addressed by the proposal are highlighted. The demographic groups whose educational needs must be included in the proposal are enumerated. The advantages associated with the educational reform proposal are mentioned.

The article presents a perspective on the issues regarding the reforms in the education white paper system in Great Britain. The result of the reform would give privileged families access to the best schools and denied children entry to local schools. According to the author, publicly-funded schools should not be allowed to define their own market.

Reports on the British government's White Paper on the comprehensive package of reforms proposed by Mike Tomlinson. Changes proposed by Tomlinson in the educational system.

This article reports on the New York city council discussion of education in the city. What ought to have been the gently thoughtful subject of education brought four days of drama and squabbling to New York's city council. At the council's discussion of the matter, which ended on November 17th, witnesses were said to have been intimidated into not turning up. Others preferred to testify on audiotape, with their voices disguised. While some said it was like the old days in the Soviet Union, Randi Weingarten, the head of the teachers' union, pounded the table, waved papers in the air and shouted that teachers were being "demonised". All this is the work of a little-known council member, Eva Moskowitz, a former university professor. Without any real backing from her peers, she has illustrated the need to tackle the bizarre work practices in the city's schools. Union leaders condemned Ms Moskowitz as the mayor's propagandist, even though she put equal blame on the unions and City Hall for the dysfunctional contracts and has also been a vocal critic of Mr Klein's recent reorganisation. On the plus side, a public hearing has been arranged for parents and teachers and the contracts are currently being renegotiated. But it is still uncertain whether the system will be changed.

This article focuses on the U.K. Department for Education & Skills paper, "The Core Principles: Teaching and Learning, School Improvement, System Wide Reform." There are 18 Core Principles, in three six- packs. Those for Teaching and Learning present a digest of current thinking, which could support a range of views. The Core Principles for School Improvement include focusing on evidence based practice, collaboration with other schools and partners, and the building of collective ownership. The new language of reform, welcome though it is, comes nowhere near to describing a workable alternative approach to education leadership. Nor is it clear how the "sense of moral purpose", beliefs and attitudes, which are the real drivers of change, are cultivated.

Looks at education reform in Hong Kong. Elimination of A-levels at universities; Consultation paper on reforms issued by university heads; University admission to be based on Hong Kong's Certificate of Education exam results; Comments from Edward Chen Kwanyiu, president of Lingnan College; Curriculum changes for students; Opposition to the elimination of A-levels.