Promoting Comprehensive Education in the 21st Century
This book authoritatively states the case for comprehensive schooling in the 21st Century. The arguments that transformed secondary education in Britain in the 1960s and 70s have even greater relevance now.\ Edited by two of the most distinguished advocates of comprehensive education, Clyde Chitty and Brian Simon, contributors also include Geoff Carr, Jon Duveen, Mike Davies, Patrick Eavis, Tony Edwards, Philippe Harari, Richard Hatcher, Ken Jones, Rachel Jones, Carole Regan, Margaret...
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This book authoritatively states the case for comprehensive schooling in the 21st Century. The arguments that transformed secondary education in Britain in the 1960s and 70s have even greater relevance now.Edited by two of the most distinguished advocates of comprehensive education, Clyde Chitty and Brian Simon, contributors also include Geoff Carr, Jon Duveen, Mike Davies, Patrick Eavis, Tony Edwards, Philippe Harari, Richard Hatcher, Ken Jones, Rachel Jones, Carole Regan, Margaret Tulloch, Geoff Whitty, Bob Wood and John Yandell.
Introduction1Foreword7Perspectives on Selection, Specialisation and DiversityHas comprehensive education a future under New Labour?11Selection by specialisation19Promoting comprehensive education27A Comprehensive Agenda?35The Community School39Selection under New Labour: the case of the inner cities43'School was not invented just for the little people to become the same as the big people'47Post-16 Education55Privatisation and the Loss of Democratic AccountabilityPrivatisation and schooling63Political Interference: Campaigning for a democratic and accountable education service in Leeds75The Market in Education81ConclusionResponding to the themes of the collection87Additional EssaysBlair on Education95Specialisation with tiers?103Notes on contributors113
