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Lara Greer

Opinion: Your school needs you

By Lara Greer | Mon 19th August 2013 - 4:48 pm

What to do about social mobility? The UK has some of the worst rates of social mobility in the OECD, with little progress being made since the 1970s. What can we do to ensure kids from low-income families go on to earn more than their parents?

I will be going back to my old school in Edinburgh to talk to pupils who were in my position 10 years ago; the first in their family to consider university, pursuing a career without any personal contacts in the field to help. With 1 in 5 pupils registered for Free School Meals (as I …

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