Harry Brighouse is Professor of Philosophy and Affiliate Professor of Educational Policy Studies at University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA. Kenneth Howe is Professor in the Educational Foundations, Policy, and Practice Program Area, and Director of the Education and the Public Interest Center, University of Colorado, USA. James Tooley is Professor of Education Policy at Newcastle University, UK, and founder and director of the E.G. West Centre, which explores the role of markets in education. He is the author of The Beautiful Tree, a bestseller in India and winner of the 2010 Sir Antony Fisher Memorial Prize, based on his ground-breaking research on private education for the poor in India, China and Africa. Graham Haydon is Senior Lecturer and MA Course Leader in Philosophy of Education at IOE, UCL's Faculty of Education and Society, University College London, UK. Christopher Winch is Professor of Educational Philosophy and Policy at King's College London, UK.

'This is a timely and important book. Brighouse's incisive conception of the nature, value and implications of educational equality, as well as the critical reactions to his essay, should be read by anyone interested in the education of the least advantaged.' Matthew Clayton, Associate Professor of Political Theory at the University of Warwick, UK

• Series Editor's Preface - Key Debates in Education Policy Christopher Winch \ Introduction Graham Haydon \ Part I: Educational Equality and School Reform Harry Brighouse \ Part II: Educational Equality in the Shadow of the Reagan Era Kenneth R. Howe \ Part III: Moving From Educational Equality To Improving the Education of the Least Advantaged James Tooley \ Afterword Graham Haydon