Education, employers and class mobility

M Jackson, JH Goldthorpe, C Mills - Research in social stratification and …, 2005 - Elsevier
In this paper, we start from certain propositions central to the liberal (or functionalist) theory
of industrialism, which represent education as playing a crucial, and increasing, role in the …

Inequalities in home learning and schools' provision of distance teaching during school closure of COVID-19 lockdown in the UK

S Bayrakdar, A Guveli - 2020 - econstor.eu
Parents and schools were caught unprepared during the COVID-19 school closure. Since
schools have a key role in creating equal opportunities, transferring schooling to families is …

[BOOK][B] Undemocratic schooling: Equity and quality in mass secondary education in Australia

R Teese, J Polesel - 2003 - books.google.com
-Half the boys living in working-class suburbs to the west and north of Melbourne fail
mathematics. Why?-Why are so many young people leaving school early, when there are no …

Socio-economic status and academic achievement trajectories from childhood to adolescence

DH Caro, JT McDonald, JD Willms - … of Education/Revue canadienne de l' …, 2009 - JSTOR
Although a positive relationship between socio-economic status and academic achievement
is well-established, how it varies with age is not. This article uses four data points from …

The promising future of class analysis: a response to recent critiques

JH Goldthorpe, G Marshall - Sociology, 1992 - journals.sagepub.com
Class analysis has recently been criticised from a variety of standpoints. In this paper we
argue that much of this criticism is misplaced and that, as a research programme, the …

[BOOK][B] Stratification: Social division and inequality

W Bottero - 2004 - taylorfrancis.com
Offering a fresh and exciting new perspective on differentiation and inequality, this
absorbing book investigates how our most personal choices (of sexual partners, friends …

[BOOK][B] Monitoring school performance: A guide for educators

JD Willms - 2003 - taylorfrancis.com
Monitoring School Performance Page 1 Page 2 Monitoring School Performance: A Guide for
Educators Page 3 To My Mother, Leitha Page 4 Monitoring School Performance: A Guide for …

The widening gap

M Shaw, D Dorling, D Gordon… - The widening …, 1999 - bristoluniversitypressdigital.com
There is evidence that the health gap is widening and that this widening has followed socio-
economic polarisation in Britain. As the poor have become relatively poorer and have …

Learning divides

JD Willms - Ten policy questions about the performance and equity …, 2006 - kau.se
Learning Divides: Page 1 Learning Divides: Using data to inform educational policy J. Douglas
Willms The Learning Bar Page 2 Educational Prosperity A life-course approach to educational …

[BOOK][B] Education, social background and cognitive ability: The decline of the social

GN Marks - 2013 - taylorfrancis.com
Are socioeconomic inequalities in education declining? Is socioeconomic background
becoming less important for people's occupational class or status? How important is …