New Right

Question 1

Parental Choice

Answer 1

refers to the way in which parents and potential pupils are given the opportunity to decide which school or college they attend, rather than these decisions being made by the local authority. also known as parentocracy

Question 2

Marketisation of education

Answer 2

schools attract customers(parents) by competing with each other in the market. Schools that provide customers with what they want, such as success in exams, will thrive and they won’t ‘go out of business’

Question 3

Privatisation of education

Answer 3

schools and colleges operating in similar ways to private independent businesses, including managing their own affairs, competing with other schools for pupils, and using target setting and league tables to measure progress

Question 4

Education reform act 1988

Answer 4

This Act introduced marketisation

Question 5

Chubb & Moe

Answer 5

believe standards in education are declining and can only be solved by the introduction of the market principle