So apparently, poor white children are falling behind their non-white counterparts and the solution to this problem is to force all children to spend longer hours at school .
Now, I know the government has previously suggested longer school hours, though if I remember correctly, at that time they made it clear it was to allow parents to "get back into work". The idea was roundly criticised for all kinds of sensible reasons, like SAHPs really not wanting their children in school for longer, and worries about the institutionalisation of children.
So the sceptic in me can't help but thinking this is the same plan, to get children in school longer so that the lazy plebs have fewer excuses not to be "hardworking" (how the Tories love that pointless phrase) and get out of the foodbanks and into work. But this time, they've paid attention to the results of the recent European elections, realised that far too many of the population are xenophobic and racist, and are playing on that to get their idea pushed through. "We needs longer school hours or those nasty foreign children will do better than your children and take their jobs!!"
Or is it just me?
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"Longer School Days Needed To Boost Poor, White Children's Results"
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AnnieLobeseder · 18/06/2014 09:16
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