Sigh! Guardian article, did you miss this bit
"If you’re a working class child, you’re starting the race halfway round the track behind the middle class child. Middle class parents do a lot via extra resources and activities"
Regardless of what type of school it is, the influence and engagement of the parents is massive. She even sites her own working class parents who motivated her to go to Cambridge ultimately by hard work.
Posted By: Basingstoke_Canary on November 21st 2017 at 12:34:29
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- Free schools and academy programme going well then. (General Chat) - avenging canary, Nov 21, 10:41:13
- it's all moot isn't it (General Chat) - CWC, Nov 21, 12:47:45
- THis (n/m) (General Chat) - megson, Nov 21, 15:02:29
- With the exception of the ‘top/bottom’ 10% bit, completely agree. (n/m) (General Chat) - avenging canary, Nov 21, 12:56:30
- Sigh! Guardian article, did you miss this bit (General Chat) - Basingstoke_Canary, Nov 21, 12:34:29
- Absolutely agree parental involvement is key whatever the personal circumstances. (General Chat) - avenging canary, Nov 21, 12:37:39
- Comprehensives going well then (General Chat) - Old Git, Nov 21, 11:31:16
- And... (General Chat) - avenging canary, Nov 21, 12:17:51
- In grammar schools they make less progress. (General Chat) - avenging canary, Nov 21, 12:11:05
- Because money is being diverted away from the classroom to pointless structural change. (n/m) (General Chat) - avenging canary, Nov 21, 12:09:13
- it's all moot isn't it (General Chat) - CWC, Nov 21, 12:47:45
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