Education for all: Making it happen

This is the keynote address given at the International Special Education Congress held at Birmingham last Easter. Mel Ainscow contrasts this congress with its predecessor at Cardiff and notes the massive shifts in thinking that have taken place since. He addresses two principal questions relating to the ways in which teachers can be helped to organise their classrooms and how schools can be restructured to support them in these efforts. This is a detailed and comprehensive survey and it set the tone for a highly successful gathering.