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Critically Examine the view that factors to do with ‘the school’ that are mainly responsible for class differences in educational achievement
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Critically Examine the view that factors to do with 'the school' that are mainly responsible for class differences in educational achievement. Some researchers will argue that "the quality of a school is far more important that ethnicity in accounting for educational attainment." There are many arguments against this statement. In the past league table results, we can see that different secondary schools achieved very different results with children of similar background and ability. The first two years of secondary schooling indicate that schools have far more influence that ethnicity on examination results. However, some people may argue that the true intelligence of a child can not be shown in examination results due to many factors such as parental pressure and nerves etc. This is without taking into account the social issues involving ethnicity. In the past, different ethnic groups in particular schools have been said to have a big impact on their...
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