Contributors v

Acknowledgements ix

Introduction 1

Dave Hill

Part I: Policy

Equality, ideology and education policy

Dave Hill 7

2. Global capital, neo-liberalism, and privatization: the growth of educational inequality

Dave Hill 35

3. Policy, equality and educational research

Kenneth Dunkwu 55

4. Excluded voices: educational exclusion and inclusion

Leena Helavaara Robertson & Rachel Hill 73

5. The National Curriculum, the hidden curriculum and equality

Dave Hill 95

6. Promoting equality and equal opportunities: school policies

Chris Gaine 117

Part II: Facts and Concepts

7. Social Class

Dave Hill and Mike Cole 137

8. `Race'

Tim Walker, Mike Cole and Dave Hill 161

9. Gender

Kate Hirom 187

10. Sexuality

Iain Williamson 209

11. Special educational needs

Richard Rose 231

Policy, equality and inequality: from the past to the future

Kevin Myers and Ian Grosvenor 249

Conclusion

Mike Cole 265

Index 271