Projects & Outputs
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.