Study finds poorer white children’s attainment has stayed stubbornly low despite improvements among other groups https://www.theguardian.com/education/2016/nov/10/schools-focus-struggling-white-working-class-pupils-uk
DetailsExperts tell Commons education select committee that poorer pupils are less likely to get into grammar schools https://www.theguardian.com/education/2016/nov/08/tutor-proof-11-plus-grammar-schools-nick-gibb-education
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When the door of education closed behind me, I thought there was no way back – but soon I was prising it open again https://www.theguardian.com/education/2016/nov/03/im-an-a-level-drop-out-but-it-didnt-stop-me-from-going-to-uni
DetailsBreakfast clubs improved outcomes for pupils who didn’t even attend, through better classroom environments https://www.theguardian.com/education/2016/nov/04/free-school-breakfast-clubs-boost-maths-and-literacy-results-study-finds
DetailsAs parents in Spain call for month-long boycott of homework due to ‘unacceptable’ workloads, we asked your views of extracurricular work https://www.theguardian.com/education/2016/nov/03/my-son-works-until-midnight-parents-around-the-world-on-homework
DetailsAfter a ‘homework strike’ in Spain, we want to hear from parents around the world about whether their children are set too many tasks outside of class https://www.theguardian.com/education/2016/nov/02/parents-in-the-uk-and-abroad-do-your-children-get-set-too-much-homework
DetailsWhy would talented academics want a career in Brexit-voting Britain, where a handful of refugee children provoke a tabloid firestorm? https://www.theguardian.com/education/2016/nov/01/universities-suffer-brexit-britain-refugee-children
DetailsMichael Wilshaw says standards for the majority of children will be lowered and PM should focus on post-Brexit skills crisis
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