1. Equity in Education Alan Dyson Centre for Equity in Education
University of Manchester

2. It’s not where
you start…

3. …it’s where
you finish

4. Poverty
Poor
outcomes

5. Wealth!
Education
reform

6. Poverty Area effects Family stress Poor outcomes Economic disadvantage
Limited life chances
Poverty
Parenting
Support for learning
Social skills
Area
effects
Family
stress
Employment
Transport & access
Street crime
Poor services
Poor
outcomes
Health
Education
Well being

7. Where we are Education reform alone isn’t working
Current reform efforts torn between ‘excellence’ & ‘equity’
Excellence agenda as currently understood undermines equity
Narrow targets
Markets & competition
Deficit view of disadvantaged groups
Weak linkage between education & social reform

8. What we
need
Redistribution & growth
Poverty
Family
& personal
support
Area
effects
Family
stress
Area
regeneration
Poor
outcomes
Improved services
& standards

9. What’s beginning to emerge
Networks of education providers
Schools, colleges, children’s centres, community educators
Working with networks of child & family support agencies
Within a local regeneration strategy

10. What we now need A serious look at admissions & competition
A serious look at schools’ community responsibilities
A serious look at localism