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United Kingdom Education Secretary Michael Gove is considering the outright privatisation of academies and free schools.
All academies and free schools in England would be free to become profit-making for the first time. Mr Gove is considering this radical step because the massive expansion of academies and free schools is costing government too much money.
Academies are state schools that are semi-independent of central government. They receive funding directly from the UK Government, outside of local authority control. They have great freedom over finances, curriculum and teachers' pay and conditions, but are...