This article analyses and critically discusses how context is relevant when constructing and upholding an equivalent education for all within the neo-liberal educational regime of marketisation and accountability. At the centre of the article is a study of national school inspection reports in four municipalities in Sweden, exploring performance…

This report describes the levels of the Swedish educational system as it now exists, and discusses the directions which changes in educational policy may take. A principal consideration is the possibility of changing the allocation of resources to education to provide greater support for adult education. The report raises the question of whether…