Haydon, Graham; (2008) In search of the Comprehensive Ideal: by way of an introduction. In: Halstead, Mark and Haydon, Graham, (eds.) The Common School and the Comprehensive Ideal. (pp. 21-37). Wiley-Blackwell: Chichester UK.

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The ‘comprehensive ideal’ is somewhat elusive. The notion of the common school runs through this volume, and even the contributors who do not explicitly discuss arguments for and against the common school are discussing principles directly relevant to our evaluation of the common school in comparison to alternative arrangements. But most of the contributors do not explicitly discuss the nature of the comprehensive ideal. My purpose in this article is, first, in an editorial role, to give a brief overview of the structure of the volume and the topics addressed, and then to consider what we can learn about the comprehensive ideal, and what questions still remain about it, from the treatment it receives, directly or indirectly, here. In the process some relevant points of contact and differences between the authors will emerge; I shall give particular attention to the range of underlying values to which both advocates and critics of common schooling appeal.1

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