Neo-Liberalism & New Right

• Neo-Liberalism : basics


  -economic theory that underpins many New Right policies

  -argues state shouldn't provide services > education

  -brings market elements into education system > marketisation :

  > schools should be more like businesses

  > parents & pupils should be consumers

  > competition between schools drives up standards
• marketisation of education


  -New Right argues state education system takes 'one size fits all' approach

  -therefore : state education systems are unresponsive & inefficient at meeting pupils needs

  -solution = marketisation
• examples of schools taking 'one size fits all' approach

  -generates uniformity among schools

  -disregards specific needs of local areas

  -local 'consumers' have no say in how schools operate
• Chubb & Moe : consumer choice


  -argued American state-run education has failed the US

  -proposed voucher system so state schools are answerable to paying consumers
• how has state education failed the US? - Chubb & Moe


  -didn't create equal opportunities > failed disadvantaged groups

  -didn't provide pupils with specialist skills needed by economy

  -private schools deliver higher quality education as they're answerable to paying consumers
• what does voucher system do for consumers?

  -puts control in hands of parents & local communities

  -allows consumers to shape schools & meet local needs

  -create competition between schools > raising standards
• the two roles of the state

  -impose a framework on schools within which they compete

  -state should ensure schools transmit a shared culture > pupils integrated into single set of traditions & cultural values