Education and the Labour Government: An Evaluation of Two Terms

A valuable and authoritative evaluation of the real impact Labours two terms have had on the British education system.

Introduction: Education and the Labour Government, Geoffrey Walford 1. Transforming the early years in England, Kathy Sylva and Gillian Pugh 2. Primary Schooling under New Labour: The irresolvable contradiction of excellence and enjoyment, Kevin J. Brehony 3. Diversity, specialisation and equity in education, Chris Taylor, John Fitz and Stephen Gorard 4. Labour government policy 14-19, Richard Pring 5. New Labour and Higher Education, Alan Ryan 6. Lifelong learning and the Labour governments 1997-2004, Richard Taylor 7. New Labour and teacher education: the end of an era, John Furlong 8. Reinventing 'inclusion': New Labour and the cultural politics of special education, Derrick Armstrong 9. Race, ethnicity and education under New Labour, Sally Tomlinson 10. A reconstruction of the gender agenda: the contradictory gender dimensions in New Labour's educational and economic policy, Madeleine Arnot & Philip Miles