Sally Tomlinson is Emeritus Professor at Goldsmiths College, University of London, UK, and an Honorary Research Fellow in the Department of Education, University of Oxford, UK. She has written and researched for over 30 years in the areas of educational policy, special education and the education of minorities. Her recent books with Routledge are Ignorant Yobs? Low Attainers in a Global Knowledge Economy (2013) and The Politics of Race, Class and Special Education (2014).