Table of Contents “...Educational policy change : historical perspectives / Judith Simon -- Gender matters in schooling in Aotearoa/New Zealand / Alison Jones -- Social class and education in Aotearoa/New Zealand / Roger Dale -- Maori education policy : a state promise / Kuni Jenkins and Alison Jones -- Education policy for Pacific nations peoples / Eve Coxon and Diana Mara -- Bright futures and the knowledge society / James Marshall....”