Class Differences in Achievement - Internal Factors - Summary_1

Some explanations of class differences in achievement focus on internal factors within school and the education system. Interactionists argue that schools actively create inequality through labelling and the self-fulfilling prophecy, streaming and polarisation into pro-and anti-school subcultures.Marketisation and selection policies increase streaming within schools and inequalities between schools, through processes such as educational triage and cream skimming, and this disadvantages working-class pupils.

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