Narrowing the disadvantage gap is the defining educational challenge of our time. This new report from @edupolicyinst.bsky.social & @theeef.bsky.social offers some grounds for cautious optimism that we can begin to tackle that challenge.
More detail from lead author @msemilyhunt.bsky.social below.
Julie McCulloch
Today @edupolicyinst.bsky.social and @theeef.bsky.social have co-published a major new report ‘Growing Apart’.
Using linked data, we examine how the disadvantage gap emerges and widens from age 5 through to post-16. It's a chunky report so here are some of the highlights: epi.org.uk/publications...
Many of the biggest challenges facing the education system – including absence, disengagement and SEND – are complex, interrelated and are shaped by socioeconomic circumstance. The government’s school...
