This paper explores perceptions of work intensification around the world. Underpinning this analysis is C. Wright Mills’ (1959) argument that many personal troubles are public issues, and the notion that a significant dimension of the privatisation of public education, a concern of public education advocates worldwide, is the ways in which school work has become a private issue. One hundred and thirty interviews were conducted with education stakeholders across Australia, England, New Zealand and Canada exploring the issues of work intensification, school autonomy and accountability policies. The paper argues that the work done in public schools is increasingly becoming a private problem as a result of policy interventions. It suggests that we need to widen the scope of defining publicness in education beyond that of governance and funding to include consideration of how work is organised and experienced.

本文探讨了世界范围内对工作密集型的看法。C. Wright Mills（1959）的论点支撑了这一分析，即许多人为问题是公共问题，并且认为公共教育私有化的一个重要方面是全世界公共教育倡导者的关注的观念已经成为一个私人问题。与澳大利亚，英国，新西兰和加拿大的教育利益相关者进行了130次访谈，探讨了工作集约化，学校自治和问责政策等问题。该论文认为，由于政策干预，公立学校的工作正日益成为一个私人问题。