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1. The Life and Death of Secondary Education for All

   By Richard Pring

   Is there life after death for secondary education? This book focuses upon the quality of learning. ‘Reform’, so called, too often begins with qualifications, examinations, institutional provision, paths of progression. All those are very important, but their value lies in the support they give to...

   To Be Published September 3rd 2012 by Routledge
2. Education Matters

   60 years of the British Journal of Educational Studies

   Edited by James Arthur, Jon Davison, Richard Pring

   Series: Education Heritage

   Education Matters draws together a selection of the most influential papers published in the British Journal of Educational Studies by many of the leading scholars in the field over the past 60 years. This unique collection of seminal articles published since the first issue of the Journal provides...

   Published February 12th 2012 by Routledge
3. Education for All

   The Future of Education and Training for 14-19 Year-Olds

   By Richard Pring, Geoffrey Hayward, Ann Hodgson, Jill Johnson, Ewart Keep, Alis Oancea, Gareth Rees, Ken Spours, Stephanie Wilde

   There are two key questions at the heart of the ongoing debate about education and training for all young people, irrespective of background, ability or attainment: What counts as an educated 19 year old today? Are the models of education we have inherited from the past sufficient to meet the...

   Published May 25th 2009 by Routledge
4. Affirming the Comprehensive Ideal

   Edited by Richard Pring, Geoffrey Walford

   Examines the ideals which lay behind the development of comprehensive schools. Written by 14 British educationalists, this text considers the evidence and suggests how further progress might be made within the moral framework of secondary education for all, irrespective of background or ability....

   Published March 10th 1997 by Routledge