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Underachievement of particular students on the basis of their background.
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UNDERACHIEVEMENT OF PARTICULAR STUDENTS ON THE BASIS OF THEIR BACKGROUND There have been many theories about over the causes of underachievement of students. Many published findings have found that there is a correlation between educational success and the ethnicity, gender and social class of a student. In an educational system that is supposed to be a meritocracy, an idea put forward by functionalist sociologists, why are these factors still determinants of educational attainment? Many sociologists have studied and developed theories on the issue of differential educational achievement. Also the factors that are most reported today in the mass media on this issue are usually based on gender and ethnicity. This may be because certain ethnic minority groups make up a large proportion of the working class. However working class Afro-Caribbean boys seem to come out last overall in educational attainment. Dr Gilborn commented on the BBC news website, www.bbc.co.uk" If you are...
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