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Gale, Trevor; Molla, Tebeje – Journal of Education Policy, 2015
Primarily developed as an alternative to narrow measures of well-being such as utility and resources, Amartya Sen's capability approach places strong emphasis on people's substantive opportunities. As a broad normative framework, the capability approach has become a valuable tool for understanding and evaluating social arrangements (e.g. education…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Educational Policy, Disadvantaged, Outcomes of Education
Mowat, Joan Gaynor – Journal of Education Policy, 2018
The attainment gap associated with socio-economic status is an international problem that is highly resistant to change. This conceptual paper critiques the drive by the Scottish Government to address the attainment gap through the Scottish Attainment Challenge and the National Improvement Framework. It draws upon a range of theoretical…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Educational Attainment, Holistic Approach, Socioeconomic Influences
Means, Alexander J. – Journal of Education Policy, 2014
This article examines the intersecting logics of human capital and national security underpinning the corporate school reform movement in the United States. Taking a 2012 policy report by the Council on Foreign Relations as an entry point, it suggests that these logics are incoherent not only on their own narrow instrumental terms, but also more…
Descriptors: National Security, Educational Policy, Human Capital, Educational Change
Lipman, Pauline – Journal of Education Policy, 2008
This article uses a social justice framework to problematize national and local policies in housing and education which propose to reduce poverty and improve educational performance of low-income students through mixed-income strategies. Drawing on research on Chicago, the article argues mixed-income strategies are part of the neoliberal…
Descriptors: Privatization, Poverty, Income, Housing