Sentences with phrase «improve social mobility for»

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The overriding priority for our social policy is improving social mobility.

Urgent action must be taken to improve skill levels and how they are developed in order to boost productivity, wages and social mobility, according to a report from the UK Commission for Employment and Skills (UKCES), supported by the CBI and the TUC.

Gordon Brown will call for a greater focus on improving social mobility in a keynote speech later today.

The paper illuminates his backing for new grammar schools (May has at least one former minister on side with this policy it seems) coupled with concentrating on non-graduate routes into professions, encouraging kids to start - up businesses, among other ideas to improve social mobility.

More grammar schools are not the answer to improving social mobility and preparing Britain for the future

Bootle MP Peter Dowd claimed the newcomers were copying his own party's policies anyway: «Reports suggest that the new party's «potential policy proposals include asking the rich to pay a fairer share of tax, better funding for the NHS and improved social mobility.»

The Department for Education has just published its national plan to improve social mobility in young people; at the heart of their strategy is the ambition to close the language gap that develops between the most and the least disadvantaged children in our society.

If our nation is serious about improving social mobility then our secondary schools have got to start delivering for these children.

Lucy Powell, the Shadow Education Secretary, said: «Nothing is more important for raising standards and improving social mobility than ensuring there are excellent teachers in every school.

«A far more effective means of improving social mobility would be to address the funding crisis which is affecting all schools, as this would have the greatest benefit for all young people.»

According to a YouGov poll, young people believe that social mobility is getting worse, but education will improve for future generations.

The Commission has called on the government to rethink its plans for grammar schools and more academies, cautioning that there is no evidence either works to improve social mobility.

The Opportunity Area programme is a key part of the Greening's aim of tackling social mobility and improving opportunities for young people.

Early education has the potential to drive social mobility and improve outcomes for the next generation.

Instead of the proposed plans to bring selection back into England's education system, Milburn recommended a series of policies that would be more effective for improving social mobility.

Working in partnership with established school partners with a successful track record in using Achievement for All programmes to support student progress and whole school improvement, the Trust's activities will be informed by a deep - rooted mission and set of aims that will drive school improvement, develop professionals, improve outcomes for children and young people as well as enhancing inclusion and social mobility.

The Sutton Trust, a London - based foundation that aims to improve social mobility in the United Kingdom, will host an all - day summit on education and social mobility at The Paley Center for Media in New York City on Thursday, April 19, 2018.

Shadow Education Secretary Angela Rayner said: «The continued obsession with grammar schools will do nothing for the vast majority of children, and it is absurd for ministers to push ahead with plans to expand them when the evidence is clear that they do nothing to improve social mobility.»

As a not - for - profit organisation, we are committed to projects that will improve education and outcomes for children and young people, such as our recent work on teacher recruitment and retention, and our work on social mobility.

That this House believes that every child throughout the UK must be given the opportunity to reach their full potential; further believes that there is no evidence that additional academic selection in the school system will improve social mobility; and calls on the Government to instead concentrate on providing the best education possible for all children.

«shares the strong commitment of this Government to promoting and improving social mobility and building a country that works for everyone; notes that there are now more than 1.4 million pupils in England attending good or outstanding schools than in 2010; and welcomes the opportunity afforded by the Schools that Work for Everyone consultation to seek the widest possible range of views on how the Government can build upon these successes and awaits the outcome of the current consultation.».

He will support the regions to «better use evidence to improve outcomes and social mobility prospects for young people, particularly those from disadvantaged homes», and said that reaching social mobility cold spots is «one of the biggest challenges we face in our drive to improve social mobility».

That is a recipe for a social mobility disaster, undermining all the progress made in recent years to raise aspiration and improve life chances.

It works to improve educational opportunities for young people from non-privileged backgrounds and increase social mobility.

Russell Hobby, the union's general secretary, said: «This report should be a concern for ministers if they are intent on improving social mobility.

DOCR's efforts to strengthen Title VI compliance have not only helped the Department take concrete steps towards an affirmative enforcement model, but have also been vital in advancing the Department's Ladders of Opportunity Initiative to ensure all communities have equitable access to transportation resources and opportunity for social mobility and an improved quality of life.

For the purpose of this Call, papers addressing the social determinant of housing should focus on efforts to increase the availability of opportunities to access safe, affordable, and connected housing (e.g. the impact of housing mobility programs), to improve housing stability, or reduce the negative impacts of gentrification and displacement.

The New Pathways for Fathers and Families Program is designed to strengthen positive father - child engagement, improve employment and economic mobility opportunities, and improve healthy relationships and marriage as well as provide individualized case management and access to community resources to address the social, emotional and economic stability needs of eligible fathers in Bath, Menifee, Montgomery, Morgan and Rowan counties.