is main aim of marketisation and privatisation to create inequality? Flashcards
yes - 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
yes - 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.
yes - ball - myth of parentocracy
ball - criticises open enrolment.
m/c have cultural capital to pick best schools
yes - uni fees, faith schools and specialist schools - whitty and benn
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
yes - city academies (marketisation and privatisation)
private sponsors get rights to run the school - set
curriculum, set admissions, employment = create inequality - impose their own ideology, make the curriculum ethnocentric, have discriminatory uniform policies
yes - privatisation - PPP and colaisation
PPP - building schools for the future programme - private construction company builds and maintains a new school building and the school has to pay them back over 25 years
cola isation of edu - schools give products such as fizzy drinks and crisps legitimacy - selling these products at school which creates brand loyalty
creates inequality - profit motivated
yes - academies and free schools - ball
ball - fragmentation of edu due to division of provision as schools no longer provide same edu due to different curriculum
no - new right chubb and moe
raises standards - improves all schools, e.g quality of teaching - ofsted and league tables - force schools to be better and have good lessons and behaviour to ensure students make process
no - parentocracy
gives parents choice - ensures children go to school that is best for them as individuals
no - city academies
improve failing schools without the cost to taxpayers
no - formula funding
schools are allocated funds based on amount of students they have - encourages schools to improve so they can attract more students and gain more funds
no - building schools for the future (privatisation)
quick way to create brand new schools buildings on a huge scale - not all paid for in one go but in instalments
no - variety of exam boards (privatisation)
creates choice
