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In 1997 Tony Blair broke with tradition by naming education as a major priority for the General Election Manifesto. In the past, Labour leaders had tended to give education a much lower priority. Despite this, Blair has been greatly criticised for his educational programme 1997-2001. Was he taking education away from traditional labour values of fairness and equality? Was Blair's 'Third Way' just 'Thatcherism in Trousers'?Denise Lawton approaches such questions by analysing labour education policies since 1900 and shows that from the very beginning the labour Party lacked unity and ideolog

Education and state --- Education --- Children --- Education, Primitive --- Education of children --- Human resource development --- Instruction --- Pedagogy --- Schooling --- Students --- Youth --- Civilization --- Learning and scholarship --- Mental discipline --- Schools --- Teaching --- Training --- History --- Political aspects --- Labour Party (Great Britain) --- Britanskai︠a︡ rabochai︠a︡ partīi︠a︡ --- British Labour Party --- Eikoku Rōdōtō --- Labor Party (Great Britain) --- Leĭboristskai︠a︡ partii︠a︡ Anglii --- Leĭboristskai︠a︡ partii︠a︡ Velikobritanii --- LPV --- Mifleget ha-laibor (Great Britain) --- Parti travailliste britannique --- Partido Laborista (Great Britain) --- Partido Laborista Británico --- Yŏngguk Nodongdang --- 工黨 (英國) --- Labour Representation Committee (Great Britain : 1900-1906) --- Education and state - Great Britain - History - 20. --- Education and state - Great Britain - History - 20th century. --- Politics and education - Great Britain - History - 20th century. --- Politics and education. --- Education, Special Topics --- Social Sciences