1.2 The new right in education

• What did Chubb and Moe believe was the solution to their findings?


  Schools should only receive funding if they are doing well. Instead, families should be given a voucher with which they can purchase an education from the school of their choice.
• What were Chubb and Moe's findings?


  Pupils from low income families did consistently 5% better in private compared to state schools.
• What did Chubb and Moe do?


  Compared achievements of 60,000 low income pupils in 1015 state and private high schools. Also did a parent study and used case studies of failing schools being 'turned around'.
• What three ways has American state education failed?

  1. Disadvantaged groups do not have equal opportunity

  2. State education fails to provide pupils with skills needed for work

  3. Private schools produce better education as they are answerable to paying customers
• What are OFSTED and league tables important for?

  Competition
• Why do the new right want to drive up standards?

  So its better value for money for the taxpayer
• What is tescoification?

  Comparing schools to supermarkets competing for customers
• What do neo liberalists think marketisation will dive up?

  Competition and therefore standards
• What do neo liberalists think doing things for profit creates?

  A better service
• What do neo liberalists think the state should do?

  They shouldn't provide institutions such as education & healthcare and these should be privatised
• What do the new right believe is the role of the state in education?

  The state ensures that schools transmit shared norms & values through its national curriculum
• Define marketisation

  If we put more competition into the system & it will empower the consumer (parents) they believe this will bring greater diversity, efficiency & choice to schools which will meet the needs of the pupils, parents & employers
• What is the new right view on education?

  Education isn't interested in promoting equality, but getting the most able into the most important jobs. The best way to do this is by running schools as private businesses (marketisation). They think that competition will drive up standards & make education better VFM for taxpayers
• Neo conservatism


  Social policy- want families to be traditional
• Neo liberalism


  Economic policy- marketisation & privatisation
• What did Murray say about 'welfare dependency'

  There's a growing underclass who are reliant on the welfare state and far, to socialise their children properly