New Labour and Secondary Education, 1994-2010 [electronic resource] /
Chitty, C.author.
New Labour and Secondary Education, 1994-2010 assesses New Labour's policy towards secondary education in Britain. It shows that, in many respects, New Labour education policy was a continuation of the policies pursued by the education ministers of Margaret Thatcher and John Major.
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""Cover""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Series Editorsâ€? Foreword                               ""; ""Acknowledgments                      ""; ""List of Secretaries of State for Education, 1964â€?2010                                                            ""; ""List of Shadow Education Ministers, 1979â€?1997                                                    ""; ""1 Introduction                     ""
""2 The Origins of Political Parties in Britain: Consensus or Conflict? The Situation in Britain Today                                                                                                           """"3 Labour Education Policy, 1944â€?1994: 50 Years of Missed Opportunities and Uneasy Compromises                                                                                                    ""; ""4 A Change of Direction: The Origins of New Labourâ€?s Education Philosophy                                                                                ""
""5 Choice, Diversity, and Selection: The Steady Abandonment of the Comprehensive Ideal, 1997â€?2007                                                                                                       """"6 The Privatization of Education                                       ""; ""7 The Erosion of the National Curriculum                                               ""; ""8 International Perspectives                                   ""; ""9 Conclusion                   ""; ""References                 ""; ""Index            ""
Includes bibliographical references and index.
New Labour and Secondary Education, 1994-2010 assesses New Labour's policy towards secondary education in Britain. It shows that, in many respects, New Labour education policy was a continuation of the policies pursued by the education ministers of Margaret Thatcher and John Major.
Labour Party (Great Britain)
Great Britain—Politics and government.
Educational policy.
Education and state.
Education—History.
Education.
Educational sociology.
British Politics.
Educational Policy and Politics.
History of Education.
Education Policy.
Education, general.
Sociology of Education.