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The Fortress of Educational Inequality

An Empirical Analysis Based on Beijing Municipality

Authors
Zhiji Feng1, *
1Beijing Bayi School, Beijing, 100080, China
*Corresponding author. Email: zhiji.feng@bayims.cn
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Zhiji Feng
Available Online 16 December 2022.
DOI
10.2991/978-2-494069-45-9_90How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Compulsory education; Educational equality; Beijing; Sociology
Abstract

Educational equality is one of the most important issues in the education field. This paper examines the issue of educational equality at the compulsory education level in Beijing, adding the perspective of “free choice equality” to the previous theories about education equality. Rawls proposes the “veil of ignorance” to ensure the relatively equal distribution of resources and the effective protection of vulnerable social members while Coleman and Husen classify educational equality into three aspects: starting point equality, process equality, and outcome equality. Under this theoretical framework, the equality of compulsory education in Beijing has reached a high level. Beijing has a very high enrollment rate in both primary and secondary schools. Beijing’s educational resources have been consciously distributed equally, and have a good degree of completion. However, if examined in the extended framework with free choice equality, it still has some significant drawbacks. Beijing’s educational equality does not give students more opportunities to choose their own futures. This research adds “freedom of choice” equality to the development of modern education.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 2022 2nd International Conference on Modern Educational Technology and Social Sciences (ICMETSS 2022)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
16 December 2022
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10.2991/978-2-494069-45-9_90
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2352-5398
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© 2023 The Author(s)
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