RATIONING EDUCATION (Paperback)

"This research should make us extremely sceptical that the constant search for 'higher standards' and for ever-increasing achievement scores can do much more than put in place seemingly neutral devices for restratification." - Michael W Apple, John Bascom Professor of Curriculum and Instruction and Educational Policy Studies, University of Wisconsin, Madison Recent educational reforms have raised standards of achievement but have also resulted in growing inequalities based on 'race' and social class. School-by-school 'league tables' play a central role in the reforms. These have created an A-to-C economy where schools and teachers are judged on the proportion of students attaining five or more grades at levels A-to-C. To satisfy these demands schools are embracing new and ever more selective attempts to identify 'ability'. Their assumptions and practices embody a new IQism: a simple , narrow and regressive ideology of intelligence that labels working class and minority students as likely failures and justifies rationing provision to support those (often white, middle class boys) already marked for success. This book reports detailed research in two secondary schools showing the real costs of reform in terms of the pressures on teachers and the rationing of educational opportunity. It will be important reading for any teacher, researcher or policymaker with an interest in equality in education.

General

Imprint:	Open University Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	December 1999
First published:	1999
Authors:	David Gillborn • Deborah Youdell
Dimensions:	230 x 150 x 14mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	264
ISBN-13:	978-0-335-20360-4
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Education > Organization & management of education > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Central government > Central government policies Books > Social sciences > Education > Schools > Secondary schools > General
LSN:	0-335-20360-4
Barcode:	9780335203604

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