A child’s educational success is dependent on their background

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Children of similar cognitive ability have very different chances of educational success; it still depends on their parents’ economic, socio-cultural and educational resources. This contradicts a commonly held view that these days that our education system has developed enough to give everyone a fighting chance.

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Although the study is based in England, it does lend credence to the issue that a lot of educational and societal woes have problems outside of a school day. Schools are doing an amazing job, but there are limits to what they can do.

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