Changing Education Policies. Italian and European Issues. Editorial

This special issue of the Italian Journal of Sociology of Education grew out of a conference on the ‘Changing Education Policies in Italy’ held at the University of Naples Federico II in February 2010. Organised by the Educational Section of the Italian Sociological Association (AIS-EDU) and the Faculty of Sociology, the conference was sponsored by Campania Region. It was the occasion for many contributors to discuss the shifting scenarios and the main changes in the Italian education system and to share generative insights emerging from the comparison of the Italian education policy trajectories with those of other European countries such as England, Spain and Germany.