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1
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What do compensatory education policies provide and where?

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Extra resources and funding to schools and communities in deprived areas.

2
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What are compensatory education policies aims?

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Great equality of opportunity and outcome

3
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Social Groups?

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Social class and ethnicity

4
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Policy examples are…

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Operation Headstart 1960s

16–17 Bursary fund 2012

Aim higher programme 2000s

5
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Operation head start using it and the quality and evidence of success?

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1) provided preschool education to improve learning skills and instil achievement motivation

• short-term gains - OHS succeeded in raising IQs in the short term

6
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Operation Headstart reasons and evidence for lack of success in reducing inequality?

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1) OHS showed no long-term gains in intelligence

• Intervention came too late in child’s life - 3-4 years of age

7
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16-19 Bursary fund means to reducing inequality and evidence of success?

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• Student in the following categories – low income, care, disabled can apply for funds up to £1200 to support continuation in post 16 education and training

8
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16-19 bursary fund reasons & evidence for lack of success in reducing inequality ?

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1) not all students who are entitled to apply
2) The former EMA payment scheme to all students from low income families proved costly and ended in 2011 - bursary has more difficult entitlement criteria fewer students receive it

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Compensatory educational policies target who and why?

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Groups that underachieve because of cultural and/or material deprivation.

10
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Aim higher programme means of reducing inequality & evidence of success ?

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Raise aspirations of groups who are under represented in higher education. Offers free taster days etc

11
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Aim higher programme reasons & evidence for lack of success in reducing inequality?

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1) other government policies on higher education have served to dampen higher education aspirations amongst the WC
2) Ending of maintenance grants - Introduction of loans £9000 tuition fees deters WC from applying to University