Ethnic diversity a key factor in London schools outperforming rest of country says research. I don't expect Theresa May will mention this.
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Replying to @adamjlent
@adamjlent No, ethnic diversity has nothing to do with it. The impact is from kids of ambitious, hardworking, motivated immigrant families.4 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @JuliaHB1
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@JuliaHB1@adamjlent only 1/5th London outperformance from demographics, mostly prim schools late90ss/early 2000s https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/321969/London_Schools_-_FINAL.pdf …5 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @Helen_Barnard
@Helen_Barnard@adamjlent but nothing to do with skin colour. It's about the parental ambitions and expectations for their children.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @JuliaHB1
@JuliaHB1@Helen_Barnard I didn't mention skin colour. But if immigrants do better at school then clearly diversity enhances performance.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @adamjlent
@adamjlent@JuliaHB1@Helen_Barnard The authority on this is Prof Burgess at Bristol http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/11223747/Schools-with-large-migrant-intake-get-better-GCSE-results.html …1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @greenmiranda
@greenmiranda@adamjlent@Helen_Barnard indeed - a "large migrant intake" is very different from "ethnic diversity"3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @JuliaHB1
@JuliaHB1@adamjlent@Helen_Barnard Also, try talking to teachers in predominantly white working class schools - very hard.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@greenmiranda @adamjlent @Helen_Barnard to isn't the colour of the pupils' skin that is the problem in those schools though, is it?
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