Education - The Role of Education - The New Right

Question 1

Belief regarding Schools

Answer 1

The new right believe schools should be centred around competition and choice, this is mainly done through marketisation. By creating an ‘education market’, schools are forced to respond to the needs of teachers, parents and pupils.

Question 2

Chubb & Moe

Answer 2

State education has failed to create equal opportunity because it does not have to respond to pupil’s needs.

Parents and communities cannot do anything about failing schools when the schools are controlled by the state.

Private schools deliver higher quality education because they are answerable to paying consumers (parents).