Describes a workshop on citizenship education in British schools and explores issues of citizenship education for minority students. Citizenship education must address the power relations that saturate society and society's educational provisions. Discusses the real meaning of democratic schooling. (SLD)

Discusses the new National Curriculum in England in relation to the government's policies aimed at raising academic standards. The new Unified Framework does have the potential to raise the achievement of all students if it is implemented carefully. (SLD)

Argues that the British government's school improvement agenda, manifested through changes to funding of migrant education, contradicts and hinders its social inclusion policy. After describing migrant education funding and discussing migrant student access and achievement, the paper concludes that until the education system responds to the needs…

Describes the revision of the National Curriculum in England and discusses the potential of the revised curriculum for raising the achievement of ethnic minority students. The curriculum demonstrates a clear commitment to the education of minorities and includes provisions for citizenship and health education. (SLD)