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Grammar Schools Good for Social Mobility
Something I have long argued, ie that Grammar schools are good for pupils from less economically well-off familes, has been confirmed in research published today by the London School of Economics.
Follow up:
Ken Robinson, Ulster Unionist MLA for East Antrim, highlighted the research today.
I remember hearing a few weeks (or months?) back that social mobility, the ability of someone from a lower-income family to progress to a higher 'socio-economic bracket', in the UK was lower than it was in the past. This research seems to lay at least part of the blame for this, in England, with the abolition of grammar schools.
In plain English - grammar schools help people from working class backgrounds, through education, become higher earners and reach their full potential. Now tell me that's a bad thing!
In this day of equality of opportunity for everyone, do we really want to contribute to the decline of social mobility in Northern Ireland? Didn't think so.
For more information on why we need to save our grammar schools from destruction at the hands of an ill-informed Labour do-gooder, clearly in denial about what the destruction of grammar schools has done to England, see Concerned Parents for Education, a Northern Ireland group dedicated to preserving our wee country's academic excellence.
Then you can have your say in the DENI consultation (ends 30th June).