Policies Flashcards
Marketisation
Parental choice
Gerwirts
. Privileged-skilled choosers -> gwt most out of ed cos can afford to move kids to the best schools
. Semi-skilled choosers -> w/c that are ambitious for kids to succeed but lack cult cap
-> rely on opinions of sch but frust with ability to get kids into good schools
.disconnected-local choosers -> nearest sch only realistic option. Distance + cost of travel = maj restriction
Marketisation
New Labour + inequality
Educational action zones
Tony Blair 1988
Aim = attract sponsors + investment
Targeted high dep areas
Not successful
. Limited sponsors
. Not cont past initial 5 years
Marketisation
New Labour + inequality
Aim higher
Summer sch + master classes at uni = support to overcome barriers
Partnered with sch, collages and unis
£100 mil annual fund stopped in 2011 -> uni have to do it themselves now but the kids need impartial advice
Marketisation
New Labour + inequality
EMA
Education Matenance Allowance
Encouraged kids to stay in ed
Smart kids from the poorest 40% go to rustle groups
16-18 in high-ed from L-I fam -> helps pay for what can’t afford ( text books, stationery, etc )
Scrapped in 2011
Marketisation
New Labour + inequality
Raising leaving age
To 18 to combat unemployment
-> 1971 = 45,000 left sch and couldn’t read
Bored kids are harder to teacher
-> up disrupt + disract
-> “kids need an escape not extention”
Coalition policies - 2010
Up outstanding sch
Accountable to parents not gov
Competition = higher standards
Head teach can develop own teach strategies + styles
Coalition policies - 2010
Academies
Have control over curriculum
Funded by gov + priv business
. Sponsored academies = told to become academies cos of poor standard by Dept of Ed
. Converter academies = chose to become academies
Coalition policies - 2010
Fragmented centralisation
Fragmentation = state sch gets less pupils than private
Social mobility strategy (2011)
. up free sch meals = up £ to sch
. welcomed but maj of heads think only makes up for cuts in £ given to sch
. aim to make Brit “ fairer, more open society”
Coalition policies - 2010
Free schools
Completely new sch, set up by teach and parents
Aims
. Up diversity = up choice
. Up competition = up standards
Achieved
. Independent from local auth but not ousted
. Don’t follow curriculum
-> have to teach eng, math and sci
-> teach don’t need qualifications
. Teachers can design what to teach based on local needs
. Gives parents the opportunity to chose suitable options for kids
Evaluation
.widens soc inequality
. £ to fund =reduced for other sch
. Harmful to existing sch -> particularly where they are good
Marketisation
Myth of parentocracy
Ed system seems as if based on parents having free choice of sch
. Ball ~ m/c take advantage of choices -> m/c can afford to move to good catchment area
. Makes seen fair + inevitable
. League tables -> publish good and bad results
. Cream-skimming ~ Bartlett
-> sch = up selective of what pupils they take (m/c norm have advantage)
Privatisation of ed
Gender
. Girls excluded from higher Ed
. 1970s intro GISI (Girls In Stem and Ict)
. Tripate = Girls better on 11+s than boys
Privatisation of ed
Bluring boundaries
. Senior officers leave ed sector
-> set up/ work for comp that provides ed service
.Companies have ‘insider knowledge’ to win contracts
Privatisation of ed
Globalisation
World = up connected
. Up migration = focus on brit values, multi-cult + special support for if eng not 1st language
. Ed ideas shared between nations
. Brit economy need compete in global industry like tech
-> computer science replaced ICT
Privatisation of ed
Cola-isation
Priv companies put products in sch to create brand loyalty
- Ed = source of profit for cap
- business make profit from state ed
Molnar ~ priv comps target sch cos carry good image -> limited benefits to sch
Privatisation of ed
Ed as a commodity
Ball ~ privatisation = key factor in shaping ed policies
-> ed = legit object of priv profit making - state loosing role of providing ed
Marxist ~ privatisation + competition = drive up standards is a myth
