Education policy and Inequality

Question 1

Introduction
What does Education Policy mean?

Answer 1

Refers to the plans and strategies for education introduced b the government.

Question 2

What is an example of the Education Policy ?

Answer 2

Through Acts of Parliament together with instructions and recommendations of schools and local Authorities.
E.g. 2010 Academies Act- all state schools became academies.

Question 3

What are most educational policies a response to?

Answer 3

The following issues:
Equal opportunities
Selection and choice
Control of education
Marketisation and privatisation.

Question 4

Selection and Choice:

Answer 4

What types of school should we have?
Can parents choose where their children go?
Can teachers select who attends?

Question 5

Equal Opportunities:

Answer 5

How far do government policies help to achieve equal opportunities for all pupils /
How far do they make the inequalities greater?

Question 6

Control of Education:

Answer 6

Who should control the schools and the curriculum?
How much influence should central govt, businesses, local councils and parents have?

Question 7

Marketisation and Privatisation:

Answer 7

Should state schools operate like businesses within an ‘education market’?
Should they be given private companies to run?