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The article reports on warnings being given by Labour Party members in concern with the white paper released by the British government. A coalition of interests in the Parliamentary Labour Party is uniting against the paper and its proposed structural change education with new independent state schools and an end to local authorities' role as providers. The news came as an influential group of educationists castigated the Government for repeatedly introducing policies which were not properly evaluated, arguing that short-term political perspectives were driving policy-making.

Reports on the proposals of the Labour Party on the educational system of Great Britain. Findings of the report entitled `Diversity and Excellence: A New Choice for Schools'; Selection policies of grammar schools; Party position on funding and opt-outs; Status of grant-maintained schools. INSET: The right direction, says opted out head..

Reports on the revelation of the Green Paper, a document of educational recommendations of Great Britain's Labour Party. Suppression of the paper by the party; Specific recommendations of the paper; Controversial reaction of observers.

Analyzes the achievements on the British Labour Party's first five months of administration. Proclamation of commitment to education in the 1996 campaign; Establishment of task forces; Formulation of White Paper on raising of educational standards; Recategorization of schools.

Comments on a position paper on education released by the British Labour Party. Development of a parity of esteem between academic and vocational training; Need of clarifying the post-16 program; Elucidation of core elements of the General Certificate of Education proposal.

Reports on the battle over key Labor education policies in England as triggered by comments from the party's front-runner. Leakage of the party's education paper after Blair's television interview; Blair's view that parents need to be given information on schools; Intimation of the abolition of grant-maintained schools; Interpretation of Blair's remarks by political journalists.

Reports on the invitation to parents, teachers and governors to contribute to the formation of the Labor Party's education policy in Great Britain. Launch of party's green paper by Shadow education minister Ann Taylor; Aim of creating an educated democracy; Enumeration of issues of interest to the party; Importance of section on effective schools; Need to raise boys' attainment; Counselling of girls on technical subjects; More.

Focuses on the British Labor Party's education policy proposals as outlined in the `Green Paper' document by Labor education leader Ann Taylor and company. Funding of schools by a local education authority; Education and training up to the age of 18; Huge expansion of higher education; Standards of achievements.