Chair
of Social Mobility Commission Alan Milburn has called on the government to put education at the centre of its drive to deliver social mobility.
The research, carried out by Education Datalab on behalf
of the Social Mobility Commission, shows a wide progression gap between post-16 choices made by bright poor kids and their affluent peers.
Alan Milburn, chair
of the Social Mobility Commission, said: «When low income young people from the same area with the same school results are progressing less than their better - off classmates, that is not about lack of ability.
The Rt Hon Alan Milburn, chair
of the Social Mobility Commission, said: «The country seems to be in the grip of a self - reinforcing spiral of ever - growing division.
The recommendations come as the committee published its report «The Future
of the Social Mobility Commission».
Not exact matches
Today's report from the
Social Mobility and Child Poverty
Commission is a stark reminder to managers
of the urgent need to develop the potential
of the next generation, says the Chartered Management Institute (CMI).
Britain, according to the
Social Mobility and Child Poverty
Commission, is on the brink
of stepping over an event horizon
of doom and becoming a «permanently divided society».
New Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg has launched a
commission tasked with investigating Britain's low levels
of social mobility.
In a major blow to No 10, Alan Milburn, the former Labour cabinet minister who chairs the government's
social mobility commission, said that he and all three
of his fellow commissioners were walking out — including a leading conservative, Gillian Shephard.
Last month's
Social Mobility Commission State
of the Nation report was a stark reminder
of the challenges we face to ensure every child gets a fair start in life.
Alan Milburn MP, chair
of the
Social Mobility and Child Poverty
Commission (SMCPC), said the installation
of written exams could mean excluding disadvantaged pupils and only allowing access to pupils from richer backgrounds who could use private tutoring to get through the tests.
The
Social Mobility Commission also stated that they found «high - quality teachers who believe that poor children are capable
of making progress are key to ensuring progress».
The
Social Mobility Commission's State of the Nation report last year showed that «Britain's deep social mobility problem, for this generation of young people in particular, is getting worse not better.&
Social Mobility Commission's State of the Nation report last year showed that «Britain's deep social mobility problem, for this generation of young people in particular, is getting worse not better
Mobility Commission's State
of the Nation report last year showed that «Britain's deep
social mobility problem, for this generation of young people in particular, is getting worse not better.&
social mobility problem, for this generation of young people in particular, is getting worse not better
mobility problem, for this generation
of young people in particular, is getting worse not better.»
Rt Hon Robert Halfon MP for Harlow, chair
of the Education Committee, said: «Without stronger powers the
Social Mobility Commission will do little to tackle social injustices and give the most vulnerable in society the chance they deserve to climb the ladder of opport
Social Mobility Commission will do little to tackle
social injustices and give the most vulnerable in society the chance they deserve to climb the ladder of opport
social injustices and give the most vulnerable in society the chance they deserve to climb the ladder
of opportunity.
In its recent State
of the Nation report, the
Social Mobility Commission called for more careers advice in schools, and better destinations data to hold schools to account for the guidance they give young people.
«The latest
Social Mobility Commission's «State
of the Nation» report reveals the Government's abject failure in tackling the root causes
of poverty and inequality and in offering hope to communi...
The sky was beginning to fall — and the wolf was approaching the lamb — three decades ago when we joined the National
Commission on Excellence in Education in warning that the country's future and the career (and income and
social -
mobility) prospects
of millions
of its citizens were in jeopardy due to the weak condition
of our education system.
«Children from high - income backgrounds who show signs
of low academic ability at age five, are 35 % more likely to become high earners than their poorer peers who show early signs
of high ability,» Ms Greening told a
Social Mobility Commission event.
A separate measure
of how many students came from disadvantaged backgrounds also saw a fall, the
Social Mobility Commission report said.
The resignation
of the entire
Social Mobility Commission was a sad but predictable end to the year, and it remains to be seen whether the government will appoint new and credible commissioners.
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