Series Editor's Preface - Key Debates in Educational Policy / Christopher Winch
Introduction / Graham Haydon
Why discuss educational equality now?
The structure of this volume
The benefit of the least advantaged
1. Educational Equality and School Reform / Harry Brighouse
How the education systems contribute to educational inequality
What is educational equality and why does it matter?
How much does educational equality matter?
Moving towards educational equality
2. Educational Equality in the Shadow of the Reagan Era / Kenneth R. Howe
How education systems contribute to inequality
What is educational equality and why does it matter?
How much does educational equality matter?
Moving towards educational equality
3. Moving from Educational Equality to Improving the Education of the Least Advantaged / James Tooley
What is educational equality and why is it desirable?
Middle-class families as barriers to educational equality
The illegitimate self-indulgence of parental partiality
The permissiveness of legitimate parental partiality
Afterword / Graham Haydon
Values as motivating factors in individual behaviour
Revisiting the benefit of the least advantaged
The voice of equality in the conversation of citizens
