Class Strategies and the Education Market examines the ways in which the middle classes
maintain and improve their social advantages in and through education. Drawing on an …

Education is becoming more competitive-choice in education is now a key issue. This book
will help parents, schools, colleges, universities and policy makers understand how …

Choice and selection are now cornerstones of education policies wherever these have been
shaped by market economics. Now, as never before, schools can face uncertain futures …

La segregación escolar, entendida como la distribución desigual de los estudiantes en las
escuelas en función de sus características personales o sociales, es un elemento de la …

The article aims to make a methodological contribution to the education segregation
literature, providing a critique of previous measures of segregation used in the literature, as …

This paper proposes a multilevel modelling approach to the analysis of social segregation in
schools. Using data on free school meal eligibility it shows that the underlying variation …

There is greater pressure for schools to meet certain levels of pupil achievement now more
than ever before. Teachers and policy-makers are looking for ways to ensure pupils are not …

Greater competition in schooling markets seems to promote higher levels of academic
attainment, but so does increased co-operation within and between schools. School choice …

The article examines school choice in the context of the Finnish, publicly owned and
governed comprehensive school system, the 'named public‐school markets', and compares …

Policies to expand higher education (HE) in the UK have emphasised the importance of
widening participation by under-represented groups. However, the attention has shifted from …