New Right perspective on education

New Right perspective on education

1. Believe in meritocracy and natural talent

2. Different to Functionalist in that they don't believe the current education system is beneficial

3. Solution - remove state influence from schools and introduce marketisation

   • Competition will bring greater choice, diversity and efficiency

4. Chubb and Moe: consumer choice

   • State education failed to create equality
   • Inefficient in producing skilled workers
   • Private schools do well as they are answerable to the consumer - parents
     • Students from WC do 5% better in private schools

5. Two roles for the state

   • Quango organisations such as Ofsted remain to create competition
   • Transmitting a shared culture through the NC

6. Critcisms

   • Only benefits the MC who can use their cultural and economic capital to access the better schools
   • Marxist - transmits ideology of RC
   • Ignores social inequality