new right

Question 1

New Right - education

Answer 1

Pro-competition between schools (raises standards)
Schools do better if they take control of their own budgets - less likely to waste money
Having a National Curriculum meant that we could compare exam results to work out which were the best (highest achieving) schools
Focus on tougher discipline and traditional learning methods
Firm belief in meritocracy : work hard and achieve better results

Question 2

what is marketisation?

Question 3

Chubb & Moe

Answer 3

Argued that private schools do better because the school has to respond to the parents properly as they are paying customers

Running schools like businesses mean that parents become consumers, and demand better quality education which raises standards

Question 4

What expression did Miriam David use?

Answer 4

Parentocracy

Question 5

what is parentocracy?

Question 6

Miriam David - parentocracy

Answer 6

She used it to describe the ‘parent power’ the ERA gave to parents.

They had the ability to choose their child’s school, as though they were shopping around for the latest product

Parents became powerful consumers, and schools became like businesses and shops.

Schools needed to compete between each other for their market share of consumers (pupils)

Question 7

Chubb & Moe cont.

Answer 7

also argued that modern teaching methods (active learning) had failed - children needed tougher discipline and old school teaching
They argues that schools were too left wing, and were indoctrinating children into Marxist ideas
Schools were wasteful with resources as they weren’t running like profit driven businesses

Question 8

who introduced the ERA 1988?

Answer 8

conservative government under margaret thatcher

Question 9

what did the education reform act 1988 introduce?

Answer 9

• National Curriculum
• Ofsted
• League Tables
• Marketisation and competition between schools
• Testing: SATs, GCSEs
• City Technology Colleges
• Opting out of LEA control
• Same amount of funding per child (called formula funding)

Question 10

education reform act 1998 - national curriculum

Answer 10

All children in state education had to follow the same curriculum

but fee-paying schools do not need to follow this

Question 11

education reform act 1998 - ofsted

Answer 11

Government funded inspection of schools to categorise how ‘good’ teaching and learning was. Inspection reports are published and accessible to parents.

Question 12

education reform act 1998 - league tables

Answer 12

Publication of exam league tables in attempt to encourage competition and choice.