Abstract
Girls from elite schools appear to have everything-wealthy and well-connected families, regular international travel to study, play and shop, and seemingly limitless ability, confidence and poise. They are high achievers in all school activities-academics, sports and the arts. They are school leaders running student executives, clubs and societies. They serve good causes too, for example working in soup kitchens for the poor or travelling to villages in ‘third world’ countries to provide ‘service’. Their futures are predictably top rung-top universities, prestigious and influential careers, partners in the upper tiers of society and expensive lifestyles. It seems that their propensities for success are endless; that they have infinite agency and worthiness.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | World Yearbook of Education 2015 |
| Subtitle of host publication | Elites, Privilege and Excellence: The National and Global Redefinition of Educational Advantage |
| Editors | Agnes van Zanten, Stephen J Ball, Brigitte Darchy-Koechlin |
| Place of Publication | Abingdon Oxon UK |
| Publisher | Routledge |
| Pages | 153-166 |
| Number of pages | 14 |
| Edition | 1st |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781317663041 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781138786424 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2015 |