Clyde Chitty is Associate Professor at IOE, UCL’s Faculty of Education and Society, University College London, UK. He is author, co-author or editor of over thirty books and reports on education, including Eugenics, Race and Intelligence in Education and New Labour and Secondary Education, 1994-2010.

• 1. Introduction2. Why Education Matters3. The Rise and Fall of the Post War Consensus4. From Callaghan to Major: 1976-975. Diversity, Selection and the Measurement of Progress, 1997-20126. The Privatization of Education7. The Changing Worlds of Education Policy8. The Evolving Curriculum from 5 to 149. The 14-19 Continuum: Issues and Policies for Education and Training10. Higher Education11. Early Years and Childcare Strategies and the Concept of Lifelong Learning12. Issues of Diversity, Equality and CitizenshipConclusion.