Education Policy and Contemporary Politics

by Jack Demaine

Education policy is at the very top of the political agenda - the proclaimed top priority of the 'New Labour' government. Yet Labour has inherited a quasi-market education system and remains under the direction of reform during the coming year. This book examines new directions on issues of selection and educational opportunity, gender and racism and the question of school effectiveness and school improvements. The politics for the National Curriculum...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0333682513
• ISBN13: 9780333682517
• Release Date: June 1999
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 207 Pages
• Weight: 0.57 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"