Yeah, isn't it awful that bright working class kids can get a first class education, just as my parents did?https://twitter.com/lucympowell/status/654408662136561664 …
@mrpaulorton apart from the very many working class kids (like both my parents) whose lives were totally transformed by them?
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@JuliaHB1 anecdote policy on 1 case study. The rest of the population sank. Selection fails the majority of kids, particularly poorer ones -
@mrpaulorton no, children who failed 11+ didn't do any worse than if there had been no 11+ option. But kids who passed benefited.
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@JuliaHB1@mrpaulorton Times hve changed.GSs around us full of heavily tutored middle class kids. School pick up looks like RangeRover rallyThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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