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Mind the Gap

Jim Riley

8th February 2011

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Research published by social scientists from the University of Manchester suggests that the gap between rich and poor pupils is not closing. This reminds me of an article written many years ago by Basil Bernstein - the sociologist who invented the terms ‘elaborated’ and ‘restricted’ codes. Bernstein’s article was titled, ‘Education cannot compensate for society’. To my mind the Manchester researchers seem to bear out this view. Check out their research in this news article from BBC News.

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Jim Riley

Jim co-founded tutor2u alongside his twin brother Geoff! Jim is a well-known Business writer and presenter as well as being one of the UK's leading educational technology entrepreneurs.

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