New labour policies 1997-2010

Question 1

Main aim of new labour:

Answer 1

To respond to increased competition due to globalisation
Raising standards
More focus on Equality of opportunity than the original New Right
Increasing choice and diversity

Question 2

Education Maintenance Allowance:

Answer 2

Post 16 students received a weekly allowance to encourage them to stay on at post 16, and they could use this for textbooks, notepads etc. - did increase attainment

Question 3

Education Action Zones:

Answer 3

Education Action Zones are built around groups of schools which are determined to raise educational standards in some of our most challenging areas. There are usually around 15 to 25 schools in each zone.
The aims of EAZs are:
to create new partnerships involving business, parents, local authorities, schools
and their communities
to raise standards

Question 4

Introduced Academies

Answer 4

Academies receive funding directly from the government and are run by an academy trust. They have more control over how they do things than community schools. Academies do not charge fees. more control

Question 5

Sure Start

Answer 5

social development by supporting the development of early relationships between parents and children, good parenting skills, family functioning and early identification and support of children with emotional, learning or behavioural difficulties.

Question 6

Tuition fees for university

Answer 6

aimed to improve facilities by introducing fees for university, put students off going.

Question 7

Literacy Hour

Answer 7

Literacy is prioritised in primary schools, increases basic standards

Question 8

Excellence in cities

Answer 8

schools in disadvantaged, mainly urban, areas of England were given extra resources to try to improve standards. i.e computers

Question 9

Evaluation of new labour policies:

Answer 9

Early academies rose standards in poor areas a lot (Mossbourne)
Generally better at improving equality of opportunity than the New Right
Parents liked Sure Start but it didn’t improve education (improved health)
Tuition fees put working class kids off going to university (connor et al)

Question 10

What did Tony Blair say about education?

Answer 10

Education, Education, Education.