Educational Equality

by Brighouse, Harry; Tooley, James; Howe, Kenneth R.; Haydon, Graham

• ISBN13: 9781441184832
• ISBN10: 144118483X
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-05-18
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic

Summary

Educational Equality and the New Selective Schooling by Harry Brighouse was initially published by the Philosophy of Education Society of Great Britain in 2000. In this new edition, Brighouse has updated his argument, Kenneth R. Howe and James Tooley have contributed counter-arguments and Graham Haydon has provided an introduction and afterword drawing the debates together.

Author Biography

Harry Brighouse is Professor of Philosophy and Affiliate Professor of Educational Policy Studies at University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA. James Tooley is President, The Education Fund, Orient Global, and Professor of Education Policy at Newcastle University, UK. Kenneth R. Howe is Professor in the Educational Foundations, Policy, and Practice Program Area, and Director of the Education and the Public Interest Center, University of Colorado, USA. Graham Haydon is Senior Lecturer and MA Course Leader in Philosophy of Education at the Institute of Education, University of London, UK.

Table of Contents

Series Editor's Preface - Key Debates in Educational Policy	p. ix
Introduction	p. 1
Why discuss educational equality now?	p. 1
The structure of this volume	p. 6
Meritocracy	p. 7
The benefit of the least advantaged	p. 9
Notes	p. 12
References	p. 13
Educational Equality and School Reform	p. 15
Introduction	p. 15
How the education systems contribute to educational inequality	p. 17
What is educational equality and why does it matter?	p. 26
How much does educational equality matter?	p. 32
Moving towards educational equality	p. 44
Concluding comments	p. 65
Notes	p. 66
References	p. 68
Educational Equality in the Shadow of the Reagan Era	p. 71
Introduction	p. 71
How education systems contribute to inequality	p. 72
What is educational equality and why does it matter?	p. 74
How much does educational equality matter?	p. 77
Moving towards educational equality	p. 84
Concluding comments	p. 90
Notes	p. 91
References	p. 93
Moving from Educational Equality to Improving the Education of the Least Advantaged	p. 96
Introduction	p. 96
What is educational equality and why is it desirable?	p. 98
Middle-class families as barriers to educational equality	p. 101
The illegitimate self-indulgence of parental partiality	p. 103
The virtues of choice	p. 106
The permissiveness of legitimate parental partiality	p. 120
Conclusions	p. 126
Notes	p. 128
References	p. 128
Afterword	p. 130
Meritocracy revisited	p. 131
Values as motivating factors in individual behaviour	p. 134
Revisiting the benefit of the least advantaged	p. 137
The voice of equality in the conversation of citizens	p. 139
Notes	p. 141
References	p. 141
Index	p. 143
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