The poverty gap.

Despite all our best efforts we continue to have one of the greatest class divides in education in the industrialized world. The socio-economic attainment gap is evident as early as 22 months and widens as a child gets older and there is no change in the number of poor children getting to university...

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Corporate Author:	Brook Lapping Productions (Producer)
Format:	Video
Language:	English
Language Notes:	This edition in English.
Published:	[London] : Teachers TV/UK Dept. of Education, 2007.
Series:	Education in video Jonathan Dimbleby big debate ; 1
Subjects:	Low-income students. Educational attainment > Great Britain. Academic achievement > Great Britain. Élèves à faible revenu. Niveau d'instruction > Grande-Bretagne. Academic achievement. Educational attainment. Great Britain. Alexander Street Video. Documentary television programs. Documentaires télévisés.
Online Access:	Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)

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Summary:	Despite all our best efforts we continue to have one of the greatest class divides in education in the industrialized world. The socio-economic attainment gap is evident as early as 22 months and widens as a child gets older and there is no change in the number of poor children getting to university. Can education help bridge the class divide or does it merely make it worse? Jonathan Dimbleby is joined by a panel of experts and an informed audience to debate education's biggest failure.
Item Description:	Title from resource description page (viewed Mar. 5, 2012).
Physical Description:	1 online resource (56 min.).