Behind the thin veil of the Conservative regime's rationale of deficit reduction hides the final demolition of public comprehensive education and Raymond Williams's more expansive long revolution unfolding over a century of creating a democratic state that affords opportunity, voice and justice for all. Restoring the politics of a pre-war or…

In both Sweden and Ontario the attempt to create a comprehensive school system, during the 1960s especially at the secondary level, was the occasion for disputes between the governments and their respective opponents. Asks some relevant questions in studying the movement toward comprehensivization. (Author/RK)