Comparative perspectives on educational inequalities in Europe: an overview of the old and emergent inequalities from a bottom-up perspective

Abstract

Educational inequalities remain a major challenge to the social cohesion of modern societies. They affect the younger generations in the society throughout their development and are also becoming more varied and entrenched. Although most inequalities are linked to socio-economic factors such as income, access to material resources, educational attainment, and social class, new emergent types of inequalities are developing rapidly: spatial segregation, residence status (native-born or immigrant) (Barnes, J. (2007). Down our way: The relevance of neighbourhoods for parenting and child development.

Building Equality: A “Litmus Test” for Recognising and Evidencing Inequalities and Segregation in the Built Environment

“…Opportunities are restricted due to unequal access to quality education (Nurse & Melhuish, 2021) and exacerbated by a combination of household income and locational aspects (Lareau & Goyette, 2015), with explicit links to other characteristics, such as "Resident Status" (Barnes, 2007), limiting choices in real estate and education.…”

Governance of complex early childhood education and care systems

“…For many years, educational equity policies that aim at making high quality early education and care available for all children, are considered key in combatting social inequalities (Nurse & Melhuish, 2021;OECD, 2021;Rözer & Van der Werfhorst, 2019). Promoting educational equity achieves much more than just improving equal opportunities for children.…”