Sociology - Educational Policy and inequality

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What are the aims of educational policies?
Education policy refers to the plans and strategies for education
introduced by the government.
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What most education policies deal with the following issues:
Creating equality.

Selection and choice.

Raising educational standards.

Marketisation and privatisation - economic efficiency.
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What is Equality of educational opportunity?
Every child regardless of their social class background, ethnicity,
gender or disability, should have an equal chance of developing their
abilities to their potential.
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4 Areas of Equality of education
Equality of access – access to schools of similar quality.
Equality of circumstances – children should be of similar
socioeconomic status.
Equality of participation – experience of school life.
Equality of outcome – share the benefits of schooling.
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What most education policies deal with the following issues:

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Creating equality.

Selection and choice.

Raising educational standards.

Marketisation and privatisation - economic efficiency.

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What is Equality of educational opportunity?

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