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Themelis, Spyros – Journal for Critical Education Policy Studies, 2013
This paper discusses the historical continuity and persistence of educational inequalities I postwar Britain. It shows that despite much policy activity, educational inequalities have never really been the real target of policy action. Rather, a more concrete policy target has been the support of the markets, which were expected to act an…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Persistence, Social Class, Foreign Countries
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Hill, Dave – Journal for Critical Education Policy Studies, 2009
In this paper, the author critiques what he analyses as the misuse of statistics in arguments put forward by some Critical Race Theorists in Britain showing that "Race" "trumps" Class in terms of underachievement at 16+ exams in England and Wales. At a theoretical level, using Marxist work the author argues for a notion of…
Descriptors: Health Services, Social Class, Ethnic Groups, Underachievement