new right

Question 1

What is the main idea of the new right?

Answer 1

Instead of worrying about equality; business needs to be brought into education.

Question 2

Give three key ideas from Chubb and Moe (1990).

Answer 2

1. Local authorities fail to prepare students for work.
2. They are too concerned with equality - not allowing the most able to rise to the top.
3. There should be a free market with different types of schools.

Question 3

Give two strengths of the new right views.

Answer 3

1. Having a free market in education, run like private businesses, makes them answerable to the local communities of parents and students.
2. Competition for students and funding, combined with a free choice of school for parents/students, will lead to a more efficient education system delivering better value for the taxpayer who funds education.

Question 4

Give two limitations of the new right view?

Answer 4

1. There is a risk of multi-academy trusts operating like businesses in that the focus is placed on quick expansion and profits as opposed to the students/staff experience.
2. Pressure in competition can result in systems becoming stagnant e.g pay for staff as they might have their own pay scale.