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Markets, inequality, and urban schooling

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This paper considers the intellectual and political antecedents of current attempts by the British government to create a market in state education. The implications of market forces for school organization, educational values, teachers' careers and conditions of work, and equality and social justice in the inner city are also explored. It is argued that policies of competition between per capita funded schools are likely to increase the existing inequalities in school provision in England to the disadvantage of children in urban areas.

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  1. Centre for Educational Studies, King's College, University of London, 552 King's Road, SW10 OUA, London, U.K.

    Stephen J. Ball

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Ball, S.J. Markets, inequality, and urban schooling. Urban Rev 22, 85–99 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01108245

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