The United Kingdom General Election on 1st May 1997 gave a
landslide victory to a re-vitalised Labour Party. Tony Blair became
Prime Minister with a huge Commons majority of 179 over all other
parties. Such a majority meant that extensive changes of policy
could be implemented with little effective opposition. During the
election campaign Tony Blair had repeatedly claimed that the top
three priorities of a New Labour government would be 'education,
education, education' , and on page two of the Labour Party's
election manifesto a smiling Blair is seen with Nelson Mandela -
the unacknowledged originator of the oratorical education triplet.
Following a third Election victory in 2005 and after over ten years
as Prime Minister, Blair finally stepped down to Gordon Brown in
mid-2007, but only after a promotional 'final tour' that lasted
several months. Towards the end, Blair devoted considerable efforts
to try to ensure that his legacy would be positive and that he
would be remembered for more than his role in the Iraq war. But
what is his legacy in the field of education? This book brings
together the assessments of key educational researchers who have
been centrally involved with both the critique and implementation
of various policy developments. It is now time to make a solid
academic evaluation of his influence on education. This book is
timely, and relates directly to the central policy themes of the
last decade. It considers the relationships between theory and
practice and examines the nature of policy and politics. Each
contribution will review empirical data and policy changes relating
to Blair's period as Prime Minister and will make an assessment of
the enduring effects of changes in policy. Each will assess the
long-term and lasting effects as well as the shorter-term
responses. This book was published as a special issue of the Oxford
Review of Education.
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