Jane Martin is Professor of Social History of Education and Director of the Domus Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Histories of Education and Childhood at the University of Birmingham, UK. She is Executive Editor of Educational Review.

PART 1: POLITICS AND POLICIES

Chapter 1: Gendering the educational landscape

Chapter 2: Women, the family and early state intervention

Chapter 3: Gender equity and the "ladder of opportunity"

Chapter 3: Perspectives and debates since the 1970s

PART 2: LEARNERS AND LEARNING

Chapter 5: Culture and curriculum

Chapter 6: Pupils

Chapter 7: Students

PART 3: TEACHERS AND TEACHING

Chapter 8: Women in Teaching

Chapter 9: Gender Struggles

Conclusion: Constancy and Change in the 21st Century