Card 53 - Education Policy: Parentocracy Flashcards
1
Q
What is Parentocracy?
A
• The idea that the education market is ruled by parents choice through the use of formula funding for pupils.
2
Q
Why are Gillborn & Youdell critical of parentocracy?
A
- Claim it’s not parents who rule the education market, it’s the successful schools which breed more success.
- Keeps the successful schools oversubscribed and unsuccessful offloaded with expensive students.
