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Contributors Acknowledgements Foreword Section 1: Inside the school Section introduction Early years education: mixed messages and conflicts Evidenced-based education: finding out what works and what hurts The politics of the National Numeracy and Literacy Strategies Shaping pedagogy from psychological ideas When evidence is not enough: freedom to choose versus prescribed choice: the case of Summerhill Section 2: Policy, politics and education Section introduction New Labour's education policy England: educating for the twenty-first century What do we really know from school improvement and effectiveness research? Away with all teachers: the cultural politics of home learning New students: same old structures Section 3: Education at the margins Section introduction Stephen and Anthony: the continuing implications of the Macpherson report for teacher education Meeting the educational needs of forced migrants Education of looked after children: who cares? Women and state schools: Britain 1870 to present day Lifelong learning, just a slogan? The reality for working-class women Section 4: Global education: global issues Section introduction New Labour, globalisation and social justice: the role of teacher education Pakistan: whither educational reforms? Changing geographies of power in education: the politics of rescaling and its contradictions Education for sustainable development Index