1. educational inequality, poverty of opportunity: choice not chance
In 1972 a university-educated man aged could expect to earn 22% more than a peer without a degree, according to the Urban Institute, a think-tank.  Today that premium has risen to 70%. Economist March  

2. education & inequality: DEFINITIONS
How do we define inequality? How does education influence these inequalities?
Income inequality?
Earnings
Inequality of opportunity?
Access / life chances
Political inequality?
Power relationships
Social inequality?
Class
Race
Gender
Language
EDUCATION

4. the inequality pie: what do we mean by inequality?
Unequal outcomes
Unequal access to quality education
Unequal access to education
Unequal ability to benefit quality education
Unequal inputs

5. education & inequality: PERSISTENCE
Distribution of (and control over) resources (& inheritance) determine the levels of inequality in society
Labour (NB Education)
About 80% of total income inequaity is explained by wage inequality
Capital
Inheritance laws/practices
Social networks
Formal (nepotism/patronage)
Informal (discrimination)
Hereditary poverty
Low social mobility
Low quality education

7. back to basics 101
schooling produces unequal results based on individual differences and unequal educational opportunities
educational outcomes are largely based on family background
insure elimination of structural barriers to educational success
Economic disadvantaged children attend inferior schools…but…research suggests there are far more significant differences in academic performance among students in the same school than among students in different schools
Factors of difference has more to do with the students themselves, their families, culture, makeup
provide all groups a fair chance to compete in the educational marketplace
Attribute cultural differences to social forces such as poverty, racism, discrimination and unequal life chances

8. back to basics reviewed
Linguistic codes are at the heart of unequal power relations
Multidimensional approach: societal, institutional, interactional, intrapsychic variables
Understand the interaction of families and schools in order to understand the factors explaining academic success and failure
Groups often see little reason to embrace the culture of schooling…labour market barriers exist regardless

11. educational imagination
to-day’s values & vision
The purpose and value of education are ignored
Skates over the complex reality of learning
Diminished sense how education relates to broader social issues
to-day’s process & output
Driven by the needs of the labour market
Preoccupied by technical and managerial questions about the efficiency and effectiveness of processes
Restricts our capacity to think of the future in an open way
Context returned to

12. the educational imagination
the process of education occurs within a context
decisions about educational practices need to be sensitive to that context.
policy formers and makers do not see and do not know the people their policies affect.

13. our goal
+FamilyFutures
Child
Parent
Family

14. our model Increasing Confidence Building support network Plan
Personal engagement
Power of image
Assertive
Problem solving
Leadership
Resilience
Managing Conflict
Awareness
Development
Social Capital
Communications
SMART Goals
Increasing Confidence
Building support network
Plan

15. How can I get the best performance from me?
Clarity
Purpose
Communication
Reason
Planning
Conflict
Positive Emotion
Inspire self
Inspire Others

16. Engagement Mentoring

18. our basics

19. our mantra

20. our outcomes

21. our approach

22. our evolution……………
helping women to help themselves

23. our contacts www.women-for-women.cz