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1. Handwritten notes for a lecture given in Cardiff on 17 March 1994 being a survey of progress of comprehensive education across three periods - Imposition of tri-partism, 1945-57/58, the Breakout 1957/8-1972/3 and the Backlash, marked by defensive battles, 1976-94. Also includes a printed 'statement of intent' carried at the FORUM conference, 'Unite for Education', held at Friends' House, London on 19 March 1988 in opposition to the Baker Education Reform Act
2. Review of 'The Social Production of Merit: Education, Psychology & politics in Australia, 1900-1950', by Davis McCallum, 23 January 1991
3. Review of 'Social Paralysis and Social Change: British Working-Class Education in the Nineteenth Century' by Neil J. Smelver, 20 November 1991
4. Review of 'The Education Reform Act 1988: Its Origins and Implications' edited by Michael Flude and Merril Halmer, written for Gender and Education, 30 May 1990
5. Typescript of Simon's views on Circular 10/65 possibly for publication. Marked NIS 1990
6. Review of 'Innovation and Change: Developing Involvement and Understanding' by Jean Ruddock, 2 May 1991
7. Review of three Hillcote Group Papers for the British Journal of Educational Studies, 2 October 1990:
i. 'Opportunities in the New Era', by Ann Marie Davies, Janet Holland and Reliana Minhas
ii. 'Schooling, Teacher Education & the Political Right in Britain & the USA', by Dave Hill
iii. 'Teaching Turns to Enterprise. Vocational Education in the Market Place', by Pat Ainney
8. Review of 'The Changing Secondary School', edited by Roy Lowe
9. Response by the FORUM Editorial Board to the Consultation Papers issued in connection with the proposed 1988 Education Bill.
10. Article for Marxism Today November 1990, entitled 'The Future in Education, Which Way?', dated 15 October 1990. Includes an annotated copy of Simon's lecture of the same title for the University of Newcastle, School of Education, Centenary Lecture, 25 September 1990
11. Handwritten lecture notes dated 9 May 1990 entitled '1988 Education Reform Act', given at Trinity College Dublin
12. Handwritten notes for a lecture given at King's College [London] on Education as a Field of Study in a University, 24 October 1990
13. Handwritten notes for a talk given in Leicester to the Mathematics Association, 11 April 1990. It appears to have been an after-dinner speech - prior to proposing the health of the Association
14. Short review of 'Governing Education, a Sociology of Policy Since 1944' by Andrew McPherson and Charles D Raab, for FORUM. Marked by Simon as 1989-90?
15. Draft article for the Council and Educational Advancement entitled 'A Programme for Change for Britain' dated Summer 1991
16. Hand-written notes for a seminar delivered in Durham on his fourth volume of the history of education 'Education and the Social Order 1940-90', 3 November 1991
17. Draft introduction for a Council of Education Advancement pamphlet dated Summer 1991 entitled 'The 1988 Education Reform Act: Three Years After'
18. Handwritten notes for a lecture dated 5 December 1991 entitled 'Educational Change'
19. Notes for a lecture delivered in Northampton on 12 May 1990 on the National Curriculum |