Robin Alexander's controversial and widely-read report on primary education in Leeds has now been revised as a major study of policy initiatives in primary education and their impact on practice. The book examines an ambitious programme of local reform aimed at improving teaching and learning in the primary schools of one of Britain's largest cities. It addresses important questions about children's needs, the curriculum, classroom practice and school management. When first published, Robin Alexander's report was hailed as seminal' and the most important document since Plowden' but it was also quoted and misquoted in support of widely opposed political and media agendas. This edition contains the report itself, edited and expanded for a national readership, together with background information and a commentary which explores its implications.
