«Despite all the evidence showing the harmful
effects on social mobility, the government is committed to delivering a policy for the few at the expense of the many,» said Mr Hobby.
However, responses were mixed when it came to grammar's
effect on social mobility: 35 per cent held the view that grammars improve social mobility, while 19 per cent thought they damaged social mobility and a further 27 per cent believed they made no difference at all (20 per cent of respondents said they didn't know).
The government is under pressure to justify its plans to open the first new grammar schools in England in decades, in the face of a large amount of evidence that shows that they have a negative
effect on social mobility.
Not exact matches
This inequitable situation translates into less opportunity and
social mobility for everyone, and is having a corrosive
effect on everything from health outcomes to
social cohesion and the functioning of our democracy.
Prof Claire Callender and John Thompson investigate the decline in part - time students in England and the
effect this has had
on social mobility.
I just wonder how much
effect ANY of these policies really have
on social mobility outcomes.
In his farewell letter, written before he left to take over the V&A museum, Tristram Hunt, son of a Labour peer, mentioned, as a motivating factor, what he had learned in Stoke -
on - Trent about «the harrowing
effects of poverty and inequality upon
social mobility».
So we are going to ignore the mounting evidence that shows grammer schools do not reduce inequality, generate
social mobility or have a significant «change
effect»
on life chances.
Our second suggestion is just as simple
on paper, but radical in its
effects of
social mobility and equity.
Epidemiologists Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett studied income inequality in America's 50 states and the 23 richest countries in the world - excluding those with populations below 3 million, those that are tax havens, or those from which they could not get reliable data - to track the
effect of income equality
on quality of life, health and life expectancy, rates of violence,
social mobility, and educational performance.
This will allow for a properly informed discussion
on SQE's introduction and the potential
effects it may or may not have
on social mobility in the sector.
YLAL has concerns about the potential
effect the proposed changes will have
on social mobility, diversity and the accessibility of the profession, and feels that the SRA has failed to provide sufficient information about the anticipated cost of the SQE and the
effect its introduction would have
on the status of undergraduate law degrees and the Legal Practice Course.