David Cooper 
Illusions of Equality (International Library of the Philosophy of Education Volume 7) [EPUB ebook] 

Educational policy and discussion, in Britain and the USA, are increasingly dominated by the confused ideology of egalitarianism. David E Cooper begins by identifying the principles hidden among the confusions, and argues that these necessarily conflict with the ideal of educational excellence – in which conflict it is this ideal that must be preserved. He goes on to criticize the use of education as a tool for promoting wider social equality, focussing especially on the muddles surrounding ‘equal opportunities’, ‘social mix’ and ‘reverse discrimination’.