Promoting Comprehensive Education in the 21st Century

Stating the case for comprehensive education in the 21st centruy, the contributors to this book argue against politicians re-introducing selection for schools.

This process they contend must be challenged, if we are to avoid being thrown back into an old system which has done so much damage in the past.

The so-called commitment to meritocracy is nothing more, it's argued in a quote from Toby Benn, than a slogan to produce a small elite, that can be trusted to run the country in the interests of a global economy, and train the rest not to ask questions but to obey orders.