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

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

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