new right

roles of the state in education

• imposing national curriculum - shared sense of national identity

• impose a framework of inspection on schools

neoliberalism

• schools should be run like businesses and be made to compete for pupils

• the state should create business friendly society which encourages competition

Chubb and Moe (USA)

• private schools had better standards because they were answerable to fee paying parents

• introduction of market system in education- vouchers so parents could choose which school to ‘buy’ education from

criticism of state role in education

• one size fits all approach

• pupils, parents and employers have no say in how schools are run

• schools that waste money/get poor results are not answerable to consumers

• lower standards of achievement for pupils so less qualified workforce