Download or read book Affirming the Comprehensive Ideal written by Richard Pring and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-04-29 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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. The text includes an afterword by the Rt Hon John Prescott, MP, Deputy Leader of the Labour Party.