Engines of Privilege

Britain's Private School Problem

Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Education & Teaching, Administration, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, History
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Author: David Kynaston, Francis Green ISBN: 9781526601247
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Publication: February 7, 2019
Imprint: Bloomsbury Publishing Language: English
Author: David Kynaston, Francis Green
ISBN: 9781526601247
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication: February 7, 2019
Imprint: Bloomsbury Publishing
Language: English

A rigorous, compelling and balanced examination of the British public school system and the inequalities it entrenches.
Private schools are institutions that children who are already privileged attend and have those privileges further entrenched, almost certainly for life, through a high-quality, richly-resourced education.
The Engines of Privilege contends that in a society that mouths the virtues of equality of opportunity, of fairness and of social cohesion, the continuation of this educational apartheid amounts to an act of national self-harm that does all of us serious damage.
Intrinsic to any vision of the future of Britain has to be the nature of our educational system. Yet the quality of conversation on the issue of private education remains surprisingly sterile, patchy and highly subjective.
Accessible, evidence-based and inclusive, Engines of Privilege aims to kick-start a long overdue national debate. Clear, vigorous prose is combined with forensic analysis to compelling effect, illuminating the painful contrast between the importance of private schools in British society and the near-absence of serious, policy-making debate, above all on the left.

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A rigorous, compelling and balanced examination of the British public school system and the inequalities it entrenches.
Private schools are institutions that children who are already privileged attend and have those privileges further entrenched, almost certainly for life, through a high-quality, richly-resourced education.
The Engines of Privilege contends that in a society that mouths the virtues of equality of opportunity, of fairness and of social cohesion, the continuation of this educational apartheid amounts to an act of national self-harm that does all of us serious damage.
Intrinsic to any vision of the future of Britain has to be the nature of our educational system. Yet the quality of conversation on the issue of private education remains surprisingly sterile, patchy and highly subjective.
Accessible, evidence-based and inclusive, Engines of Privilege aims to kick-start a long overdue national debate. Clear, vigorous prose is combined with forensic analysis to compelling effect, illuminating the painful contrast between the importance of private schools in British society and the near-absence of serious, policy-making debate, above all on the left.

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