Includes bibliographical references (p. 180-196) and index.
Educational policy and contemporary politics / Jack Demaine -- Moving back from comprehensive education? / Tony Edwards, Geoff Whitty and Sally Power -- Educational reforms, gender and families / Miriam David -- School effectiveness, school improvement and contemporary education policies / David Reynolds -- Race, nation, and education : new labour and the new racism / David Gilborn -- Beyond the Bell Curve : new policies for the national curriculum / Bob Moon -- Educational assessment in an era of reform / Roger Murphy and John Wilmut -- Challenging tripartism : class and inequality in post-compulsory education policy / Denis Gleeson -- Education and IT policy : virtual reality? / Phil Wild and Peter King -- Education policy : the next ten years / Stuart Sexton.