The debate surrounding Parkfield school in Birmingham and wider discussion on the role of sex and relationship classes within educational programmes, are just the latest incidences of schools becoming a battlefield for the culture wars. Starting with developments in the 1870s when the state intervention in schooling in England & Wales became more pronounced, James … Continue reading "Culture wars, then and now, ep 3: ‘The role of the state in education’" The post Culture wars, then and ...