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school website yourself. What will you write today's school news to be?Archive page for Thursday, 14 February 2008
Th, Feb 14, 2008Rich or poor mortgage
State schools are being 'divided along class lines into grammars or ghettos': "All the children in a rich neighbourhood go to school together, and all the children in a poor neighbourhood go to school together.
Such differences arise not because of the freedom for parents and pupils to choose schools, but because of a lack of choice, given where a pupil lives.
Segregation by ability was more marked for church schools.
Better peer groups may provide other benefits - physical safety, emotional security, familiarity, lifetime friendship networks or simply exclusivity - which make schools very desirable, even if they offer only slight academic advantages. Perhaps it is here that individuals really win or lose out."
Such differences arise not because of the freedom for parents and pupils to choose schools, but because of a lack of choice, given where a pupil lives.
Segregation by ability was more marked for church schools.
Better peer groups may provide other benefits - physical safety, emotional security, familiarity, lifetime friendship networks or simply exclusivity - which make schools very desirable, even if they offer only slight academic advantages. Perhaps it is here that individuals really win or lose out."
