Social Policies in Education (AQA A-Level Sociology): Flashcards

Running schools like businesses with competition & choice

Conservative government (1979-1997)

National Curriculum, SATs, Local Management of Schools

Created wider inequalities between classes

Girls typically performed well in coursework, improving results

Educational Maintenance Allowance - financial support for students

Compensatory policies addressing material & cultural disadvantage

Tackle material deprivation, support working-class families

Educational Maintenance Allowance (EMA)

Reform challenging racism, celebrating diversity in schools

Traditional subjects, raising standards over reducing inequality

State-funded, non-profit schools not controlled by Local Authority

Teachers, charities, education experts, parents

Inner cities with high ethnic minorities to raise standards

Middle-class with greater cultural & economic resources