ABSTRACT
Community education in those British urban areas that are characterised by diversity rather than conformity has always posed problems. There are several reasons for this, based partly on the intellectual and practical history of community education and partly on the inherent difficulties of providing an effective delivery of education generally in such areas. This chapter briefly examines these problems and then describes one attempt, by the Inner London Education Authority (ILEA), to improve the quality of education offered to minority communities in inner London.
