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Inequalities in education.  

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╨╧рб▒с>■  @B■   ?                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                ье┴5@ Ё┐0K@bjbj╧2╧2 (LнXнXЭ5н      ИЪЪЪЪЪЪЪ8V bсvКККККККК`bbbbbb$WRйжЖЪКККККЖЪЪККЫ...КЪКЪК`.К`..@ЪЪ@К~ PAg`hУ╟КX@`▒0с@O тLO @оDЄ,ЪЪЪЪO Ъ@ КК.КККККЖЖ.Sharon Mullen In education, all the research, past, present, and at nearly every criteria, shows working class underachievement against their middle class counterparts. Even though standards have risen the divide between the classes remains constant. Recent figures in a labour force survey stated that 80% with professional backgrounds entered university at 18. Middle class children are 5 times more likely to enter higher education than working class children. Many researchers and studies have asked the question 'why?' and tried to address it, we will examine three different methods and evaluate each one in turn to see their strengths and weakness.Various studies have shown that, even when IQ is the same, there are clear differences in educational achievement between working class students and their middle class couterparts. It could be argued that IQ tests are biased in favour of the middle class as they are constructed by this class, nevertheless...

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