Education and the Labour Government

Geoffrey Walford is professor of education policy at the Department of Educational Studies, University of Oxford

• 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 and Philip Miles

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