Not only were league tables published, but formula funding was introduced. This meant that schools would receive funding based on the number of pupils they were able to attract. The idea behind all these measures was to force schools to improve by creating a competitive marketplace similar to that of
The New Right also believes that a successful school will gather sufficient momentum to build on its successes. They also see the major role of education is the development of skills and knowledge required to compete in the outside market. They believe that schools should be managed in the same way as businesses However, some theorists such as Chubb and Moe would argue that American state education has failed and they make the case for opening it up to new marker forces of supply and demand. They claim that disadvantaged groups (lower classes, ethnic minorities ect) have been badly served by state education due to the failure to create equal opportunity. Theyâd argue that state education is inefficient because it fails to produce pupils with the skills needed by the economy and
There is also the need for training and the interviewer needs to have a background into education increasing the cost. As a result a small sample will be studied in comparison to other methods like questionnaires. This means that it will not be representative so cannot be generalised to different pupil subcultures. Willis’ qualitative methods enable him to find out about working class pupils resisting attempts to indoctrinate them in school. Theses ‘lads’ formed a counter school subculture that was opposed to school and showed this by flouting school rules for example truanting.
Agree with the question Paragraph 2 On one hand sociologists would agree that a pupil’s home situation is more important than the type of school they attend. Parents who get involved in the students education by showing an interest and helping with homework are more likely to encourage a child to do well at school. Parental influence can affect someone’s educational achievement as if a student’s parent hated school as a child and didn’t get the grades they needed, it can cause the student to act the same. On the other hand it could cause them to progress better in school as they will want to achieve more than their parents Marxists believe students who come from a working class background tend to do worse than students who come from a high class background; this could be because of material deprivation. This is a big influence on student’s educational achievement as they do not have enough money to buy the necessary equipment for school such as revision guides.
The difficulty with this approach, as it later became clear, was that the problems identified by liberal sociologists set many educators to work in opposition to working class cultural practices. What happened with the liberal view of education is that culture is seen as a cause of inequality rather than as one of the effects. However, an advantage that liberal sociology did had was governmental confidence, as is often the case with quantitative research, and as a result, it enjoyed the freedom to engage in empirical research and had a chance to influence educational reform. The origins of the sociology of education in England grew directly out of the research interests of a number of sociologists who were primarily interested in social mobility, and in particular, with the way that arrangement of inequality persisted in education. Many studies where carried out that concentrated on the relationship between class and educational opportunity.
The common man could not afford to send his children to school. Education reforms proposed compulsory laws and offered the idea of state funded schools in which the youth would be legally required to attend. The education reform sought to expand democratic ideals by offering solutions to help the common man and upholding the pursuit of happiness which is a pillar of democracy. Additionally, abolitionist reform attempted to expand democratic ideals. William Lloyd Garrison, Editor of The Liberator, was a key figure in the abolitionary movements.
Using league tables is a good thing as if you want your child to go to a good school, you can chose the one most suitable with good education and exam results. Schools are paid by how many children they can attract so school results and Ofsted inspection publications is hoped to make schools compete and get good results or they wont attract pupils and the funding. Different types of schools for example faith schools and academy schools are a change that also helped pupils in education. Faith schools were introduced in the 1990s by demands of Muslims who wanted their own faith schools. Different types of schools help as parents have more choice and freedom of where they want their child to go.
The documentary follows a few students as they prepare for a lottery system to hopefully to escape the failing school system. Charter schools have become the answer to bypassing the overly complicated federal school system. It offers students the ability to receive a good education from good teachers and the success rate of graduates is much higher than that of the public school system. I think charter schools are a great idea because it focuses
Kids are no longer pushed to excel in schools. The school system tries to convince children that they are all doing well when it is not true. When schools allow students to retake all their tests for better grades, students will not strive for perfection on their first attempt. If they do not have letter grades or finals, it is difficult to evaluate student success. These policies will keep children’s feelings from being hurt, but if Eunice cannot do poorly, she has no motivation to do better.
Ricky is faced with a lot of pressure because he must perform well on his SAT test in order to qualify for a scholarship. He also has the added pressure of a young baby he must take care of. The SAT test is another example of the middle class measuring rod and subcultures theory in the film and how it is used to control populations. It suggests because the likelihood of the lower class succeeding in passing is smaller they are more likely to turn to crime and gang behaviour in order to fill that void. This theory does a good job of incorporating the individual and society together however it fails to represent racial discrepancies that can play a large role in society and individuals