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Education gap gets bigger
By Laura Marcus,
Nursery World,
20 September 2007
The education gap between children living in poverty and their better-off peers widens from nursery age through to secondary school, according to new research.
A report published by the Child Poverty Action Group highlights a cycle of poverty in the education system. Author Donald Hirsch found that the gaps in educational development that emerge at the age of three widen as a child progresses through school. By the age of 14, children in poverty can lag as much as two years behind other children. Mr Hirsch said, 'The fact that it is systematically so different for children in poverty is very worrying. A lot of...
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