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Education A major issue within the sociology of education is that of equality, particularly why working class families generally attain less educationally than their middle class peers. The British government has been trying to make the education system of this country a meritocracy since around the start of industrialisation. However, research shows that each new policy introduced has failed families of the lower classes in some way. My aim in this essay is to discuss what extent the education system of this country is a meritocracy. The way I have decided to structure this essay is firstly to look at the history of education in Britain, then to examine attempts to make educational attainment equally achievable for each and every individual, regardless of gender, race or class. I will then look at some of the problems faced by families of the lower classes and also give some possible reasons for the...

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