Putting Educational Equality in Its Place
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| Title: | Putting Educational Equality in Its Place |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Brighouse, Harry, Swift, Adam |
| Source: | Education Finance and Policy. Fall 2008 3(4):444-466. |
| Availability: | MIT Press. 238 Main Street Suite 500, Cambridge, MA 02142. Tel: 617-253-2889; Fax: 617-577-1545; e-mail: journals-rights@mit.edu; Web site: http://www.mitpressjournals.org/loi/edfp |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
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| Page Count: | 23 |
| Publication Date: | 2008 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Descriptive |
| Descriptors: | Equal Education, Educational Principles, Values, Economic Progress, Family (Sociological Unit), Disadvantaged |
| DOI: | 10.1162/edfp.2008.3.4.444 |
| ISSN: | 1557-3060 |
| Abstract: | Educational equality is one important value of justice in education, but it is only one. This article makes a case for a meritocratic principle of educational equality and shows that certain arguments against that principle do not justify rejecting it. It would be wrong to, for the sake of educational equality, undermine the value of the family or economic growth in ways that damage the prospects for flourishing of the least advantaged. But insofar as educational equality can be improved without harming those other values, it should be pursued; in practice, educational equality can be pursued effectively within the limits set by those values. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2009 |
| Accession Number: | EJ851525 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | Educational equality is one important value of justice in education, but it is only one. This article makes a case for a meritocratic principle of educational equality and shows that certain arguments against that principle do not justify rejecting it. It would be wrong to, for the sake of educational equality, undermine the value of the family or economic growth in ways that damage the prospects for flourishing of the least advantaged. But insofar as educational equality can be improved without harming those other values, it should be pursued; in practice, educational equality can be pursued effectively within the limits set by those values. |
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| ISSN: | 1557-3060 |
| DOI: | 10.1162/edfp.2008.3.4.444 |
