ABSTRACT

In 1981, Liverpool Council ordered the closure of Croxteth Comprehensive School because of falling rolls. The local residents protested, and when this failed occupied the school and for a year ran it themselves with the help of volunteer teachers. Phil Carspecken was one of those volunteers, and this book, first published in 1991, tells the stor

chapter 1|20 pages

Power, community schools, and Croxteth

chapter 3|15 pages

The road to militancy

chapter 4|20 pages

On an express train going 80 miles an hour

chapter 5|28 pages

The field of interaction

chapter 6|9 pages

A dual system of authority

chapter 7|31 pages

The community or the Labour Party?

chapter 8|27 pages

Politics and schooling