This article analyses the history and
ideology of the Education Reform
Act to understand its threat to anti-racist
initiatives. It suggests an alternative view
of public accountability which would
assist anti-racist and wider political
action. The authors are at the University
of Warwick in, respectively, the Centre for
Research in Ethnic Relations and the
Department of Education.
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