Inquiry says white working-class children 'failed' by schools system
I see the Beeb and Blue Labour are excited about the "white working class" report into schools whose most significant result - by an order of magnitude - is that poor children do half as well. That's the conclusion. Every other factor is much smaller. "Austerity damages kids" is the headline.
Sam Turner4Should we address the most significant factor and raise all kids out of ... WHAT ABOUT THE WHITE KIDS!!?!
Sam Turner2"BUT WHAT ABOUT THE WHITE CHILDREN??!1?" Fucking listen to yourselves.
Doire1Reminds me of Cameron's pointers to troubled families. Pretty much all of them boiled down to the family doesn't have enough money
Person 231One way that demonstrably tackles this is free high quality child care for children. European experiences show that poorer kids academic success increases with no loss to that of wealthier kids. And the parents get to do whatever work they like, and pay more tax so it pays for itself.
If a child is struggling at school, the solution cannot be 'get a trade'. Do you know how difficult it is to becomes a qualified tradesperson?? The solution is to make the system do a better job of persuading white working class familes who are disillusioned to see the value of education.
Athena Kugblenu12parents failed by the education system and are cynical about education. your kids bring home homework you can't make sense of, but you got by without it, are you going to encourage them? The state is partially responsible for education. We do the rest at home. Reviews always miss this
Seona 🏴 (she/her)3Agreed. I used to work in the construction industry, and quite apart from there being a maximum number of apprentices that can be taken on safely, no kid will even get to start without basic maths skills. Even painters need to be able to work out how much paint they'll need.
Amberlin2Got a special needs child (adult now). Autistic and learning disabled, neither diagnosed at school and any attention we tried to bring to it boiled down to “we can’t do anything else for her”. Was withdrawn from formal education at 15. They were going to do 8 and a half GCSE’s with predicted E/F.
Nathan Human1It’s interesting that although Baromess says ‘this cannot sit with schools alone,’ aside from ‘free buses’ there is no mention at all of anything other than flaws in school that could be behind these stats. What have you noticed when you’ve been been in schools?
