Readers discuss the disparity between rich and poor pupils in exams, and ways to improve social mobility. More...
25 août 2019
25 août 2019
Social class still stops too many pupils from fulfilling their A-level potential
A record number of disadvantaged students have been accepted into university this year, but there’s a long way to go. More...
25 août 2019
Inequality and ‘affordable’ housing
Student loans and the willingness of students to share rents in multiple occupancy housing has driven the conversion of many affordable homes into highly profitable buy-to-let premises. Just look at the cost of buying a first home in any university town. More...
25 août 2019
School fees undermine public education’s commitment to equity
I’m looking at $85 per child in school fees for the 2019-2020 school year at my sons’ public high school. It breaks down like this: $35 to support clubs, teams, councils and athletics; $35 for the yearbook; $10 for an athletics T-shirt; $5 for an agenda. More...
24 août 2019
Get rid of private schools? We’d be better tackling inequalities between state schools
With more than half of Britain’s senior judges, top civil servants and diplomats also privately educated – not to mention substantial numbers in the media, arts and sport – the UK continues to be a country run and dominated by a privately educated minority. More...
21 août 2019
Unintentionally Fostering Inequality
Food-delivery robots are a perfect metaphor for a culture of entitlement that divides students from each other on campuses as well as from the rest of society, argues Clara M. Lovett. More...
7 juillet 2019
Black academics 'can't fight race inequality alone'
Others need to play their part in closing the 13% attainment gap at university, say overworked ethnic minority staff and students. More...
6 juillet 2019
Débat : Ce que dit la sociologie sur les origines des inégalités scolaires
De tous ces points de vue, l’école unique se présente comme celle de l’égalité des chances. Son dispositif a été mis en place entre 1959, quand le décret Berthoin porte l’obligation scolaire à seize ans, invitant ainsi tous les élèves à prolonger leur parcours au-delà de l’enseignement élémentaire, et 1975, lorsque la réforme Haby institue le collège unique. Plus...6 juillet 2019
Rich private colleges in the U.S. are fuelling inequality – and right-wing populism
Oberlin College in Ohio recently lost what began as a US$44.2 million defamation lawsuit because of its involvement in student protests against alleged racial profiling at a local bakery. More...4 juillet 2019
‘Unequal Higher Education’
By Scott Jaschik. Large gaps separate the haves and have-nots in American higher education, whether talking about students, instructors or institutions. A new book, Unequal Higher Education: Wealth, Status and Student Opportunity (Rutgers University Press), focuses on these gaps and their impact on students. More...
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