Government Policy and School Effects: Racism and Social Justice in Policy and Practice.

Gillborn, David; Youdell, Deborah; Kirton, Alison

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ERIC Number: EJ590691

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Publication Date: 1999

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Government Policy and School Effects: Racism and Social Justice in Policy and Practice.

Gillborn, David; Youdell, Deborah; Kirton, Alison

MCT--Multicultural Teaching, v17 n3 p11-17 Sum 1999

Criticizes social justice policies of the Labour government in the United Kingdom because they promote formal equality in the schools without working for substantive equity in outcomes of education. Naive multiculturalism is an inadequate policy response to the institutionalized racism that pervades the contemporary education system. (SLD)

Descriptors: Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education, Ethnic Groups, Foreign Countries, Minority Groups, Multicultural Education, Outcomes of Education, Political Influences, Public Policy

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom

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