Balancing freedom, autonomy and accountability in education | Volume 2

Freedom, autonomy and accountability are commonly regarded as very important, but policy-makers do not always pay sufficient attention to the tensions among them. Thus freedom or school autonomy may be sacrificed to accountability, or accountability may be weakened in an effort to provide a wider range of choices for parents, or to give more decision-making authority to individual schools. The authors are convinced that wise design and implementation can produce a successful balance among freedom, autonomy, and accountability, and that considering the approaches adopted by different educational systems can contribute both to design and to implementation.
 
This four volume collection presents a worldwide overview of the status of freedom, autonomy, and accountability in education, with detailed information on forty countries. 

This publication is a useful reference manual for students, government officials, educational lawyers and policy-makers.
 
included chapters on national education systems, describing the laws and policies under which both public and non-public schools operate in each. 

TABLE OF CONTENTS 
Introduction Jan De Groof and Charles Glenn 
Austria Walter Berka and Charles Glenn
 Belgium (Flemish Community) Jim Deridder
 Belgium (French Community) Xavier Del Grange and Mathias El Berhoumi 
Bulgaria Charles Glenn 
Czech Republic Milan Pol and Bohumíra Lazarová 
Denmark Susanne Wiborg 
England Paul Meredith and Ann Blair 
Estonia Merilin Kiviorg 
Finland Päivi Gynther 
France André Legrand and Charles Glenn 
Germany Charles Glenn 
Greece Vanda Apostolopoulou 
Ireland Conor O'Mahony 
Italy Fulvio Cortese, Cinzia Piciocchi and Charles Glenn 
Latvia Edvins Danovskis 
Lithuania Birut Praneviien and Agn Margeviit 
Luxembourg Siggy Koenig 
Malta Christopher Bezzina 
Netherlands Paul J.J. Zoontjens and Charles Glenn 
Northern Ireland Laura Lundy 
Norway Nina Volckmar 
Poland Katarzyna Górak-Sosnowska, Stanisaw opatowski, Urszula Markowska-Manista and Micha Rynkowski 
Romania Raluca Bîgu 
Scotland Charles Glenn 
Slovenia Zdenko Kodelja and Marjan imenc 
Spain Arturo Galán and Charles Glenn 
Sweden Inger Enkvist, Frank Nordberg and Elisabeth Porath Sjöö 
Switzerland Rolf Dubs and Charles Glenn