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