In 1997 Tony Blair broke with tradition by naming education as a
major priority for the General Election Manifesto. In the past,
Labour leaders had tended to give education a much lower priority.
Despite this, Blair has been greatly criticised for his educational
programme 1997-2001. Was he taking education away from traditional
labour values of fairness and equality? Was Blair's 'Third Way'
just 'Thatcherism in Trousers'? Denise Lawton approaches such
questions by analysing labour education policies since 1900 and
shows that from the very beginning the labour Party lacked unity
and ideological coherence concerning education. Specifically, there
has always been a tension between those like the early Fabians who
saw educational reform in terms of economic efficiency, and the
ethical socialists whose vision of a more moral society stressed
the importance of social justice in education. After an assessment
of Labour ideologies in the past, this book concludes with an
examination of New Labour and the 'Third Way' in education and
suggests some changes that will be necessary in the near future.
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