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The Making of a Left-Behind Class: Educational Stratification, Meritocracy and Widening Participation

Authors

Fred Powell, Margaret Scanlon, Patrick Leahy, Hilary Jenkinson and Olive Byrne

Year
2024
Category
Book
Keywords
educational inequality
Full Citation

The Making of a Left-Behind Class: Educational Stratification, Meritocracy and Widening Participation

Fred Powell, Margaret Scanlon Patrick Leahy Hilary Jenkinson Olive Byrne 2024

Published by Policy Press

 

Abstract

Young people from disadvantaged communities face barriers to participation that are frustrating the realisation of their educational ambitions. This book analyses the ‘left-behind’ phenomenon and shows how education has become the new divide in Western society. 

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