The Nordic Model in Education has been characterised as including all children, regardless of residence, social and cultural background, gender, ethnicity, and physical and mental ability. It rests on a moral idea of democracy, a school for all, which sees diversity as an asset in teaching, and in which everyone may participate on their own conditions, and where inclusion, equality and participations are important principles. In the first decade of the new millennium, ideas from new liberalism like free markets, competition between nations, decentralisation, and individual freedom of choice have gained international recognition. Consequently, the ideas of national control and equal opportunities for all children are in transition. Based on experiences from the Nordic countries, this presentation will reflect on changes in compulsory education and school for all resulting from recent changes in governance systems influenced by international trends. In what ways are the values of the Nordic Model being translated into neo liberalist ways of directing schools, and are there new kinds of effects that may strengthen “a school for all” in a long term perspective? How are the traditional national regulations working side by side with the new liberalist ways of governing schools?