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Children’s language skills may be harmed by social hardship
Children from disadvantaged backgrounds are three times more likely to develop difficulties with language than […]
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Parental involvement plays key role in children’s academic attainment
Parental engagement has a positive effect on a child’s academic attainment — regardless of age or socio-economic status […]
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The intervention programme that claims to lessen the achievement gap
A multi-national European study, looking at over 5,500 students, has found that a novel school […]
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Researchers claim that educational success among children of similar cognitive ability depends on their background
Children of similar cognitive ability have very different chances of educational success; it still depends […]
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Are the dice rolled before ten years of age?
According to UNIGE researchers, children who grew up in disadvantaged households will age in poorer […]
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Children’s career aspirations limited by gender stereotypes and background
Children’s career aspirations are too often based on gender stereotypes, socio-economic backgrounds and TV, film […]
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Underprivileged teenagers more likely to give up their university ambitions
Early intervention to maintain and raise expectations could increase the number of teenagers from less […]
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Why boys and girls are different when it comes reading and arithmetic
Girls from low and middle socio-economic backgrounds are better at reading than boys, while boys […]
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Low-income children missing out on language learning both at home and at school
Children from poor neighbourhoods are less likely to have complex language building opportunities both in […]
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Study finds one secret to successful schools that costs nothing
U.S. Study suggests that social capital is the one factor that can play an important […]
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Boys from low income families are less active
Researchers from The University of Eastern Finland find that levels of activity from boys in […]