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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 and its assessment are explored, alongside issues of lifelong learning and IT policy. The book explores the key questions of the future reform of education in contemporary Britain with contributions from the leading experts in education, education policy, politics and sociology.

Covers the following approaches to reorganization: consolidation; annexation; unit district conversions; high school deactivation; cooperative high school attendance centers. ; "April 2000." ; Covers the following approaches to reorganization: consolidation; annexation; unit district conversions; high school deactivation; cooperative high school attendance centers. ; Mode of access: Internet.

It is difficult to justify increased state government support for higher education using arguments based only on how higher education contributes to economic growth. The authors find no strong relationship between state funding of higher education and employment concentration in high-technology industries. Instead, they find that investment in public higher education will tend to be lower than justified on economic efficiency grounds because of the incentives for states to free ride off of the investments of other states. A challenge is to build advocacy strategies that take into account some of the realities of the relationship between public expenditures in higher education and economic growth, including the fact that the relationship is strongly influenced by the movement of educated workers across state borders. Other justifications for public higher education will have to be used, including the reduction of transaction costs for businesses in the state and the expansion of knowledge exchange.

'Between Church and State: Religion and Public Education in a Multicultural America' by James W. Fraser is reviewed.