It is a foundation
which improves social mobility in the UK through evidence - based programmes, research and policy advocacy.
Not exact matches
And Work and Pensions Secretary Stephen Crabb said in the same newspaper: «The referendum campaign highlighted deeply entrenched divisions in parts of Britain's society
which demands a One Nation response focused on
improving social mobility and breaking down barriers to opportunity.»
The plans, first outlined by Prime Minister Theresa May, form a core part of her education reforms, including plans to open new grammar schools,
which she claims will raise education standards, give more pupils access to a high quality education and
improve social mobility.
«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.»
When asked
which measures would most likely
improve social mobility and help disadvantaged young people get on in life, almost half of respondents (47 per cent) chose «high - quality teaching in comprehensive schools», ahead of two
social mobility policies adopted by the main parties in the recent election.
Some 72 % of people also thought «good and meaningful» enterprise education and experiences in schools
improve social mobility,
which has the potential to transform young people's life chances.
The Multi-academy trust (MAT) Development and Improvement Fund (MDIF) is now open to applications,
which aims to give trusts extra funding in order to
improve schools and increase
social mobility.
The Department's strategy to
improve social mobility has so far centred on identifying 12 «Opportunity Areas»
which are local authority districts where educational performance and capacity to
improve is low.
The polling is being published ahead of a Sutton Trust summit in New York with philanthropic support from Carnegie Corporation of New York today (19 April)
which will draw on international evidence on the role of school structural reform, accountability, professional development and the use of research in schools in
improving social mobility.
An excellent post, with only one flaw that I can see,
which is the implication that authors «live» in a particular class because they DESERVE to be in that class, and that literary /
social mobility can be achieved by
improving the quality of the writing.