David Kynaston

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Engines of Privilege: Britain's Private School ProblemHardcover, 9 April 2019

Engines of Privilege: Britain's Private School Problem
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Print Length
320 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
Date Published
9 Apr 2019
ISBN-10
1526601265
ISBN-13
9781526601261

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Britain's private, fee-paying schools are institutions where children from affluent families have their privileges further entrenched through a high-quality, richly resourced education. There is an irrefutable link between private schools and life's gilded path: private school to top university to top career. Engines of Privilege contends that, in a society that mouths the virtues of equality of opportunity, of fairness and of social cohesion, the educational apartheid separating private schools from our state schools deploys our national educational resources unfairly and inefficiently; blocks social mobility; reproduces privilege down the generations; and underpins a damaging democratic deficit in our society.

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.

Francis Green and David Kynaston carefully examine options for change, while drawing on the valuable lessons of history. 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 powerful effect, illuminating the painful contrast between the importance of private schools in British society and the near-absence of serious, policy-shaping debate.

Product Details

Authors:
David KynastonFrancis Green
Book Format:
Hardcover
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
9 April 2019
Dimensions:
23.62 x 15.49 x 3.05 cm
Genre:
British
ISBN-10:
1526601265
ISBN-13:
9781526601261
Language:
English
Location:
New York
Pages:
320
Weight:
612.35 gm

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