New right/neo liberal perspective

• What do the new right and functionalists agree upon

  • Eduction should promote social integration and national identity
  • Education system should be meritocratic
  • education systems need to respond to globalisation
  • Education should keep pays with evolving economics
  • The most talented and skill for members of society deserve higher rewards
• The new right also believe that

  • High government spending on education other services as soon as undesirable because it requires high taxes
  • Consumers, such as parents and students need to be empowered
  • Providers of education such as schools should be encouraged to compete with one another like businesses
  • Education is best provided by the free market
  • The state interferes too much in people’s lives and should only play a minimal role in society
• What do Chubb and Moe (1990) argue about state education in the USA

  • Generally has been unresponsive to the needs of students, parents and the economy
  • provided a low standard of education, especially for disadvantaged groups
  • Failed to produce workers with the sort of skills required to compete in a global economy
  • high levels of unemployment as a result of its failure