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ABSTRACT
A response to Pigiaki's critique(Educational Review, 47, pp. 289‐296) of David Hargreaves’ 1994 Demos pamphletThe Mosaic of Learning: schools and teachers for the next century, corrects several serious misrepresentations in Pigiaki's account and comments on selected criticisms, particularly the suggestion that Hargreaves's work reveals ideological gaps. The article defends the thesis that diversity and choice, if protected by adherence to the comprehensive principle, is a desirable development in secondary education. By distinguishing three perspectives on comprehensive schools, named selective, traditionalist and evolutionist, it suggests that the issue of diversity and choice will, under a New Labour government, be an important area for policy development in which academics could play an influential role. The use of pamphlets to reach non‐academic audiences interested in policy development is urged.