Peter (Professor of Modern Cultural History and Bailey Lecturer in History, Gonville and Caius College, University of Ca
The story of the revolutionary transformation of the British educational system in the second half of the 20th century from a rigid hierarchy for a minority, to a fundamental right of all citizens, one of the most valued and enduring features of the welfare state - and the crisis of the meritocracy that this has entailed.
The story of the revolutionary transformation of the British educational system in the second half of the 20th century from a rigid hierarchy for a mi...