Going Comprehensive in England and Wales: A Study of Uneven Change

by David Crook (Editor), Ken Fogelman (Editor), Alan C. Kerckhoff (Editor)

The transition of British secondary schools from predominantly selective to predominantly comprehensive was meant to transform a highly stratified system into a more equal one. However, this study shows that the new system was in fact highly diverse and retained features of the selective system.

296 pages, Paperback

First published November 30, 1996

About the author

DAVID CROOK is the editor of The Wall Street Journal Sunday, the personal finance section that appears in more than 60 papers around the country.

David's "Real-Estate Investing" book was published in 2006. His "The Wall Street Journal Complete Home Owner's Guidebook," which is to be published by Three Rivers Press in late 2008.

David was part of the original team that developed and launched the highly successful “Weekend Journal” of Friday’s Wall Street Journal. He also developed the “Home Front” and “Property Report,” the Journal’s residential and commercial real-estate sections. He was a writer and editor for many years at The Los Angeles Times.

Born and raised in Memphis, Tenn., David has lived and worked in New Orleans, Washington, Los Angeles and New York. He and his family have homes in Manhattan and Litchfield, Conn.