This article is about the 'who' of policy rather than the 'what'. It is a plea for debate and discussion about the purposes of education. It is an argument for replacing technocratic solutions with democratic ones. It is about possibility rather than necessity.
To cite this article
STEPHEN J. BALL (2015) Back to Basics: repoliticising education, FORUM, 57(1), 7-10. http://doi.org/10.15730/forum.2015.57.1.7
