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educational policy
key policies
1880 compulsory education act
made education compulsory
prompted industrial rev
5-13yr olds in state run
1944 education act (tripartite)
bulter act
society was not using talents
11+ exam
harder for girls to get high marks
grammar schools
academic
studied O/A levels
secondary modern
less academic, more practical
less opportunity for external exams
75%
technical schools
5% went there
vocational training emphasis
bipartite system- 80% students were in secondary/technical
1960s comprehensives
social democratic ideologies
abolished 11+
1966- newly elected labour
sent circular to LEAs
reorganise secondary education in comprehensive lines
1979
80% secondary pupils attended comprehensives
meritocratic+ social intergration
1988 educational reform act
conservative gov (thatcher)
establish national curriculum in all state schools
national system of testing
SATs
reduced role of LEAs
parental choice
funding of schools
'bums on seats'
principle of marketisation
(new right favoured)
The Act
reduce state control
increase competition/parental choice
continued by labour + coalition
led to academies/ free schools
new vocationalism
unemployment
students needed to be produced to meet needs of the industry
NVQs, Youth Training Programmes, GNQs
vocational vs academic educational
diversity/choice
1997 new labour
continued diversity/choice
social democratic policies
aim higher
educational maintanence allowance
sure start centres
national literacy strategies
proposed leaving school at 18
modernisation of comprehensives
specialist school statuses
2010 coalition gov
conservative
more parental choice
parentocracy
academies/free schools
privatisation
businesses in control of education
e.h harris academy
originally aimed to target disadvantaged areas
increase in tuition fees
limit w/c
benefit m/c widening polarising gap
extend student debt
pupil premium
money per 'bums on seats'
marketisation
cola-isation
brand sponsorships
e.g vending machines
league tables
market yourself better = more m/c students = higher on LT
the education services industry(esi)
involvment of private companies
globalisation of private companies
esi are owned/based in foreign countries
privatisation
public private partnerships (PPPs)
school building projects
educational initiatives
conservative policy 1979-97
led by Margaret Thatcher
develop an education system that met the needs of the industry
new vocationalism
direct gov involvement in training youths
suits the needs of the economy
can link to
durkheim
specialist skills
critiqued by
bowles and gintis
correspondence principle
vocational vs academic education
statistics suggests white m/c students more likely to do trad a levels
w/c ethnic minorities overrepresented in vocational courses
e.g youth training schemes, (G)NVQs