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Miseducation

Inequality, Education and the Working Classes

Diane Reay 

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Description

SECOND EDITION COMING APRIL 2025

In this book Diane Reay, herself working class turned Cambridge professor, presents a 21st century view of education and the working classes

Drawing on over 500 interviews, the book includes vivid stories from working class children and young people. It looks at class identity and the effects of wider economic and social class relationships on working class educational experiences.

The book reveals how we have ended up with an educational system that still educates the different social classes in fundamentally different ways and, vitally, what we can do to achieve a fairer system.

Product Details

PublisherPolicy Press
Publish DateNovember 11, 2017
Pages248
LanguageEnglish
TypeBook iconPaperback / softback
EAN/UPC9781447330653
Dimensions8.4 X 5.4 X 0.9 inches | 0.7 pounds

About the Author

Diane Reay grew up in a working class, coal mining community before becoming an inner city, primary school teacher for 20 years. She is now emeritus Professor of Education at the University of Cambridge and visiting Professor of Sociology at the LSE with particular interests in social justice issues in education, and cultural analyses of social class, race and gender. She has researched extensively in the areas of social class, gender and ethnicity across primary, secondary and post-compulsory stages of education. with particular interests in social justice issues in education, and cultural analyses of social class, race and gender. She has researched extensively in the areas of social class, gender and ethnicity across primary, secondary and post-compulsory stages of education.

Reviews

"I'm sad that this second edition is still needed but thank goodness for Diane Reay's updating of this important and powerful book." Kate E. Pickett, University of York

"Incredibly insightful and passionate - Diane Reay really does get class. Mandatory reading for anyone proclaiming greater equity in education." John Smyth, University of Huddersfield

"An inspiring and hopeful book [which] commands us as educators to make schools places of nurture, creativity and inspiration, not places where fear of failing is the daily diet of all children, especially working-class children." Kathleen Lynch, University College Dublin and author of Care and Capitalism (2022) and Critiquing Human Capital and Carelessness in Education (2026)


"No one has done more than Diane Reay to confront the complex emotions in living class inequalities in education. Her heartbreaking volume bears damning witness to neoliberalism's contributions to the injuries of class." Lynne Layton, Harvard Medical School

"A must-read for anyone seeking a deeper understanding of the systemic mechanisms driving social inequality in education." Mieke Van Houtte, Ghent University


"Intellectually compelling and inspiring in the way it systematically exposes the myth of meritocracy in economically unequal societies. It will inspire those who read it to work cooperatively for social justice both in education and society." Kathleen Lynch, University College Dublin, School of Education


"Passionate, provocative and deeply troubling, this book examines contemporary working-class education.... should be required reading for politicians of both the left and especially the right." Tim Strangleman, University of Kent

"Excellent text, highly relevant and accessible to all." Caroline Lewis, UWTSD


"Miseducation would benefit anyone interested in social mobility and education in the UK... Reay's contribution to debates on education and social background is to personalise everyday working-class experiences of school and university, something usually absent from current discourse. This, combined with statistical evidence of the extent of inequalities, makes for particularly engaging reading." LSE Review of Books

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