Privatisation Of Education Flashcards
How has education become blurred in public/private boundary?
- Senior officials in public sector have left to set up work for private sector education businesses
- Introduction of academies has led to blurred public/private boundary E.g. Private corporations
What does Pollack note about the public/private boundary?
- Flow of personnel allows companies to buy ‘insider knowledge’ to help with contracts
- Side-stepping local authority democracy
How has education become privatised and globalised?
- Ball; Pearson GCSE exam answers are now marked in Sydney + Iowa
- Buckingham + Scanlon; UK’s 4 leading educational software companies are all owned by global multinationals
- Contracts for educational services in UK are sold by original company to overseas companies
What does Molnar argue about ‘Cola-isation?’
- Schools are targeted by private companies
- Schools have become a kind of product endorsement
What does Ball argue about ‘Cola-is ation?’
Cadbury’s sports equipment promotion was scrapped after it was revealed pupils would have to eat 5,440 chocolate bars to qualify for volleyball posts
What does Beder argue about ‘Cola-isation?’
UK families spent £110,000 in Tesco supermarkets in return for a single computer for schools
Why does Ball argue education has become a commodity?
- Fundamental shift is taking place, privatisation is shaping educational policy
- ‘Legitimate object of private profit-making’
How do Marxists see Coalition Government educational policies?
- Hall; Coalition government policies are part of the ‘long march of the neoliberal revolution’
- Academies hand over public services to private capitalists
How has the impact of neoliberalism been identified by ‘Marketisation?’
- 1988 ERA; Introduced an internal market within education
- State schools would act more like private businesses
- Most school are delivered by state through local authorities
How has the impact of neoliberalism been identified by ‘Privatisation?’
- Private companies/voluntary organisations deliver education in 2 roles
- Commissions educational services as contracts for private bidders
- Acts as a regulator, setting standards E.g. Ofsted inspections
