ABSTRACT
This chapter reviews the history of Milltown LEA's policy on multicultural and anti-racist education. It describes why and how the school developed its policy in the late 1970s and early 1980s and examines how this related to what was happening at the LEA level. The working party report was something of a public relations document, circulated to LEA representatives and other schools, and therefore presented a particular view of the school. Several new young staff, trained in the 'radical' educational and social climate of the late 1960s and early 1970s came to the school. The group met fortnightly after school and reviewed academic writing, visited and reported on other schools, spoke to members of community groups, interviewed school heads of department, and finally submitted a report containing an outline of their activities, a rationale for multicultural education, and a large number of policy recommendations.
