Suggests that there was a paradox in the policies of new labour - on one hand they tackle inequality through policies such as sure start and EMAs but then on the other hand they introduced tuition fees
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What does Hall suggest?
Argues that UK education has become a commodity - something to be bought and sold. EG - tuition fees, means students must buy their education and introduced free schools means the provision of schools has been taken away from the state.
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What did Molnar study?
Academies and free schools have led to the 'cola-isation' of schools. They are targeted by private companies because they 'confer anything legitimately on anything associated with them'
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What did Beder find?
Found that UK families had to spend £110,000 on Tesco supermarkets in return for a single computer in schools
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What did Allen find?
Research from Sweden - 20% of schools are free schools, shows that they only benefit children from highly educated families
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What did Ball argue?
The idea of marketisation policies creating a parentocracy is a myth. It makes it appear that parents have the same freedom to choose which school to send their children to when this is not the case.
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What does Barlett study?
League tables and funding formula have led to the best performing schools to 'cream skimming' and 'silt shifting' - they want mainly M/C students
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What does Chubb and Moe argue?
State run education is failing working class pupils, market system meant that schools were more focused on league tables -
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What did Chubb and Moe suggest for an alternative and make it fair for all students
parents should be given vouchers to spend on their choice of school
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What did Gerwirtz argue?
Parentocracy is a myth because middle class parents use their cultral and economic capital to get their children into the top schools
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What were the 3 types of parents Gerwirtz studied?
Privileged - skilled choosers, Disconnected Local Choosers, and Semi Skilled
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Argues that UK education has become a commodity - something to be bought and sold. EG - tuition fees, means students must buy their education and introduced free schools means the provision of schools has been taken away from the state.
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