1 November 2002
2nd in the series of IEA Discussion Papers
30 November 2001
The Political Economy of Pressure Groups and Miseducation HIV and Aids teaching is compulsory in British Schools but the content … Continue reading “HIV and AIDS in Schools”
8 October 2001
Twenty-five years after the founding of Britain’s first and fully independent university, the University of Buckingham, it is time to … Continue reading “Buckingham at 25: Freeing the Universities from State Control”
1 March 2001
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1 June 2000
Professor Antony Flew, Emeritus Professor of Philosophy in the University of Reading, criticises the report of the ‘Advisory Group on … Continue reading “Education for Citizenship”
1 October 1999
In this controversial book Geoffrey Partington looks at the nature and history of teacher education in England and Wales. Starting … Continue reading “Teacher Education in England and Wales”
1 December 1998
This tightly argued paper asks two fundamental questions about the nature of higher education in this country. Does Britain provide too much higher education, and are the current funding mechanisms fair and efficient? Lange's answers to these questions are controversial, but make a timely contribution to this on-going debate.
1 April 1998
Functional illiteracy, youth delinquency and lack of technical innovation all point to the failures of state schooling, raising the question of why government should be involved in education at all. In this radical study Dr. James Tooley provides a damning critique of the justifications for state schooling and proposes practical policies to increase market provision of education.
19 November 1997
In this challenging paper Dr Dick Atkinson asks why local education authorities are needed. Finding reasons lacking, he puts forward a proposal for all schools to be self-governing and thereby removed from the debilitating effects of politicised education.