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1. Paper on 'The Great Education Reform Bill' British Educational Research Association (BERA) Conference, September 1987
2. Article 'Has Mr Baker lost his constituency?' for Education, 29 March 1988
3. Article 'The Education Act 1988: Origins and Implementation' for Education for Development a journal published by Cardiff University Department of Education. Includes an annotated draft and a small amount of correspondence with David Allsbrooke
4. Series of cuttings and Simon's handwritten comments on Wandsworth Borough Council's decision to set up a network of city technology colleges
5. Paper on 'State Independent Schools: a critique and an alternative' written 18 May 1989 in response to an invitation to contribute to a series of lectures on 'The State Education: Education and the State' arranged by the Cambridge Institute of Education. Includes a letter dated 25 January 1988 from Howard William Bradley, Director of the Institute
6. Annotated text of a paper delivered at Exeter University 17 February 1988 on 'Curriculum Development as a Subversive Activity'
7. Paper on 'The Curriculum and the Reform Bill' for the British Educational Research Association (BERA) conference held 10 March 1988
8. Draft of a paper written for a Communist Party audience on 'The Education Reform Bill' 1988
9. Notes for a lecture to CASE [Council for the Advancement and Support of Education] in Nottingham, 22 November 1988 criticising City Technology Colleges
10. Typed notes regarding Conservative policy on secondary education. Includes a copy of a letter to Harry Ree from Councillor D J M Muffett (Hereford and Worcester Council), dated 28 September 1988 regarding Conservative Party policy on education
11. Notes on Labour Party conference from the Times Educational Supplement (TES), 7 October 1988, and notes from various sources regarding the Education Reform Bill 1988
12. Review of 'The Building of the Education State: Canada West 1836-1871' By Bruce Carter 1988, 6 November 1988
13. Copy of the paper 'Comprehensive Education and the Education Reform Act' for the Assistant Masters and Mistresses Association (AMA) Conference 1988
14. Paper delivered to the Association for the Study of the Curriculum (ASC) Conference 1 April 1989 entitled 'How to achieve effective learning in spite of the Education Reform Act'. Includes a letter from the ASC regarding the publication of the paper as part of their conference proceedings
15. Paper delivered at Vaughan College 18 February 1989 entitled 'Comprehensive Education and Pedagogical Change in Leicestershire 1947-1970'
There are also included sixteen sets of handwritten notes for lectures given in Scotland, Lancashire, the Midlands, Liverpool, Peterborough, Oxford, Sussex and London and for the National Union of Teachers (NUT), Haldane Society and Bosworth Independent College between 1987 and 1989 regarding the Education Reform Act 1988 and comprehensive education |