From 1944 to 1988, education, citizenship and democracy, Stewart Ranson; the New Right and the National Curriculum - State control or Market Forces?, Geoff Whitty; national assessment proposals - analyzing the debate, Roger Murphy; opting for an uncertain future - grant maintained schools, Michael Flude and Meril Hammer; from local financial management to local management of school, Hywel Thomas; legislating for choice, Andrew Stillman; neither rhyme nor reason - primary schooling and the National Curriculum, Kevin Brehony; TVEI vocationalism and the crisis of liberal education, Robert Moore and Mike Hickox; the reform of governing bodies - the power of the consumer over the producer?, Rosemary Deem; race, schooling and the 1988 Education Reform Act, Jan Hardy and Chris Vieler-Porter; girls' education in the balance - the ERA and inequality, Sheila Miles and Chris Middleton; the Education Reform Act and special educational needs, Philippa Russel; the Act and local authorities, R.Wallace; learning to live under water - the Act and its implications for further and adult education, Lorna Unwin; higher education, Gareth Williams.