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EDUCATION POLICIES (Preparation for exam question: Assess the claim that…

- - - - League tables to compare exam success = parents can make an informed choice, through 'open enrollment'
    - - Grant Maintained Schools (self governing), specialized in specific subject
      - City Technology Colleges (funded partly by private businesses), concentrated on maths, English and technology
    - - The told teacher what to teach. Intro of 3 core subjects: Maths, English and science, and it was compulsory for secondary school pupils to study a foreign language.
    - - A.k.a 'Bums on Seats' schools received money for more students they had. Increased competition for more pupils = more money
    - - To raise national standards, introduction of national testing at key ages of: 7, 11, 14 and 16
    - - The only ones who benefited from choice were middle class, they had cultural and social capital.
      - League table are unfair and misleading. Some students do really well considering their background but this is not recognized.
  - - - The new labor government attempted to tackle child poverty by injecting private cash into schools in poor areas and by introducing the EMA to encourage kids from low income families to attend college. Clearly, a focus to improve young people's social mobility.
    - - Expanding specialist schools which focus on particular subjects which can select up to 10% of their pupils with particular aptitude for the specialist subject,
    - - The 'Excellence in Schools' document (1997) proposed new schools. Beacon Schools (centers of excellence who share expertise with other schools), Academies (failed schools taken over by partnerships), Education Action Zones (Run by forum of parents and representatives that are given 1 million to spend on flexible learning.
    - - New qualification in GNVQs and the New Deal to get people of working age training.
    - - An hour of numeracy and literacy in primary classrooms
    - - Entitled children of low waged families weekly payment of 10-30, conditional upon full attendance at college. Bonuses were given for good progress