With the recent accusation that Michael Gove has been sending `mixed messages? over academy schools, it is clear that the policy is still very controversial. Stephen Machin and James Vernoit take a step back and compare the academy schools created by Labour with the new `coalition academies? that have either opened this autumn or applied for academy status since May, [?]

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18 November 2010

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LSE British Politics and Policy

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https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/academy-schools-under-labour-combated-disadvantage-and-increased-pupil-achievement-the-coalition%e2%80%99s-new-policy-may-exacerbate-existing-inequalities/

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