Question: Study: Do Education Action Zones improve the achievement of students from socially deprived areas.
Answer: I am interested in differential achievement in education across Coventry and how the government is addressing the problems of socially deprived catchment areas. I have a connection through my father who works in an Education Action Zone in Coventry, which would be an effective way of examining government policy.
For the purposes of this study, I will define EAZs as a form of compensatory education. As a government policy, EAZs are a strategy devised by the Labour Party to raise achievement in inner city schools.
In my study I wish to explore the effect that these initiatives have had on the level of achievement in the schools involved. My general aims are:
· To see whether EAZs compensate for home backgrounds.
· To consider the social structure of the catchment area and how this affects teaching.
· To investigate the intervention of government policy and how it has addressed ...(short extract)
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- Subject: Education
- Course: Education General
- Level: Degree
- Year: 2nd/3rd
- Mark: 67%
- Words: 3555
- Date submitted: April 25, 2008
- Date written: Not available
- References: No
- Document type: Essay*
- Essay ID: 2709
