do education policies create inequality? Flashcards
yes - 1944 tripartite system
creates inequality - no parity of esteem - damaged children’s self esteem, girls marked down, only m/c passed 11+ as they had cultural capital
yes - 1965 comprehensive education
creates inequality - class based catchment areas, tripartite system under one roof - just used setting and streaming instead
yes - 1988 marketisation
gillborn and youdell - edu triage - schools only focus on borderline students to move them from a D to a C as Cs and above count to their position on the league table, all other students are seen as hopeless cases and are ignored
bartlett - cream skimming and silt shifting - criticism of open enrolment - top schools accept m/c who will boost their position on league table and reject w/c who may bring their position down. marketisation aims to close down schools at bottom of league table but this will never be the case as they will always have an intake of w/c and e/m students who are rejected from the top schools.
ball - myth of parentocracy - criticises open enrolment
yes - 1997 uni fees, faith schools and specialist schools
uni fees - put w/c off going to uni, faith schools and specialist schools - have their own selection policies - ‘selection by the backdoor’ - schools have right to select students on faith or talent in specialist subject but secretly select by ability
create inequality:
whitty cosmetic policies - appear to help w/c but in reality put them off edu.
benn - new labour paradox - their policies contradict themselves
no - 1944 tripartite system
all children sat 11+ exam so any child could go to a grammar school regardless of class
no - 1965 comprehensive
all children taught same curriculum and all children entered for exams to have chance to get qualifications
no - 1997 compensatory edu policies new labour
EAZs - schools in EAZs receive extra funding, EAZs run by action forum of parents and representatives and money used to run breakfast and homework clubs for children
extended schools - schools receive extra funding to offer range of sevices for parents, students and community - half term activities, english classes for parents
EMA - grant given to students in post 16 edu if they have good attendance and make progress
creates equality by compensating w/c and e/m for what they lack at home to help them improve at school
no - 1988 marketisation
closes down bad schools so all children go to good schools, all children have choice to go to any school
