Educational Attainment - modern society

Social Class and Educational Achievement Education should provide every student with equality of opportunity. Although this is the statement made, studies have shown that education does not contribute to significant upward mobility, and suggests that social background is the major determinant of the amount of education an individual receives. Whilst there are other possible situations which could affect an individual's educational achievement, social background still remains to be the one point that contributes most to …

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