Marketisation policies Flashcards
What did the Education Reform 1988 do?
Created marketisation
State three examples of marketisation
- Ofsted reports and league tables
- Creation of Academies (Academies Act 2010)
- Creation of free schools (Academies Act 2010)
Who came up with the word parentocracy?
Miriam David (1993)
What is the funding formula?
The more popular a school is, the more funding they get, the better facilities and teachers they can get and therefore attract more students (typically selective - m/c students)
What is Bartlett’s 1993 theory on cream-skimming and silt-shifting?
Cream-skimming - schools wanting to attract m/c pupils and girls to increase their ranking on league tables
Silt-shifting - schools being reluctant to accept w/c students and boys in fear that their ranking on league tables will become lower
How does Geoff and Whitty critique parentocracy?
Leads to inequalities within schools
When was Gerwitz’s study on parentocracy conucted?
1995
What are some of the policies made by New Labour to decrease class inequality?
Aim Higher programme for disadvantaged students wanting to go into higher education
National literacy strategy (1997) to improve literacy rates in primary schools
Education Maintenance Allowance - Giving money to w/c students as incentives to go to school
When did Allen do her study on Swedish free schools?
2010
Which act introduced academies and free schools under the coalition government?
The Academies Act 2010
What did the coalition government get rid off?
The EMA and replaced it with Pupil Premium; cut public funding due to focus on austerity programmes - leading to the closure of Sure Start centres (1,416 since 2010)
What is fragmented centralisation?
Ball - fragmentation - comprehensive schooling system being replaced by diverse curriculums and private companies owning schools
Centralisation - government directly giving money to schools rather than local authorities
