Miseducation Inequality, Education and the Working Classes 21st Century Standpoints

This book brings Brian Jackson and Dennis Marsden’s pioneering Education and the Working Class from 1962 up to date for the 21st century and reveals what we can do to achieve a fairer education system. SECOND EDITION COMING APRIL 2025 In this book Diane Reay, herself working class turned Cambridge professor, presents a 21st century view of education and the working classes Drawing on over 500 interviews, the book includes vivid stories from working class children and young people. It looks at class identity and the effects of wider economic and social class relationships on working class educational experiences. The book reveals how we have ended up with an educational system that still educates the different social classes in fundamentally different ways and, vitally, what we can do to achieve a fairer system.

Pagina's: 250, Paperback, Policy Press