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Bright children still fall behind richer peers
By Melanie Defries,
Nursery World,
19 December 2007
Children from poorer backgrounds are still achieving less at school than those from affluent homes, says a new study.
Research carried out by the London School of Economics and the University of Surrey and published by the Sutton Trust found that social mobility in the UK has not improved since 1970. Parents' backgrounds are still a key influence on the academic achievements of children, with better-off children catching up with bright but poorer peers in developmental tests between ages three and five and overtaking them by age seven. Researchers found that in cognitive tests, children from the brightest group but...
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