education - policy Flashcards
(16 cards)
1944
historial view
1944-1965
tripartite system
1965-1978
comprehensivisation
1979-1997
tory educational policy
1997-2007
new labour
2007-now
current govt
butler act
tripartite system
11+decided what school
-grammer20%
-technial5%
-secondary modern 25%
many mc that went to grammar schools
pass rate was higher for girls
comprehensivisation
abolish tripartite and have one school system
was now based on geography
schools told to all be comprehensive but a few grammar still remained
comprehensivisation problems
catchment areas meant little class mixing
tripartite continued in some areas
used setting wx often in lower set stilll class inequalities
new right policies
job specific qualifications
apprenticeship
training schemes
new right policy criticisms
perhaps young people didn’t lack skill there was a shortage in jobs
wc often ended up on vocational courses
training schemes often gender steotyped
reform act 1988
introduced sats a levels gcse
league tables
formula funding
national curriculum
opting out
reform act criticism
concerns on tests damaging children
league tables could end up with low achievers not being entered for exams
formula funding meant popular schools get better teachers and then better students
parentocracy isa myth as wc parents can’t access properly
new labour
specialist schools
work related learning
university fee now loans
academies to help schools in poor areas
education action zone
sure start -help in disadvantaged areas
eta-payments to those from16-19 in full time education
new labour criticisms
ema contradicts uni fees
labour didn’t abolish private and fee paying schools
focus still on results and league tables
increase uni entrants but mostly mc
coalition policies 2010-2015
ebacc
pupil premium-ism
reformed a levels and gcse
scrapped ema and related with bursary
uni fee rise to 9000 a year
