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Check job applicants’ school background, MPs tell employers

January 16, 2017 at 08:19AM Employers should judge the educational attainment of job applicants in the context of their schools’ average performance scores to widen access to top roles, MPs and peers have said. The all party parliamentary group (APPG) on social mobility, in a report published today titled The Class Ceiling, has called on

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Natural selection making 'education genes' rarer, says Icelandic study

January 16, 2017 at 04:09AM Tempting as it may be, it would be wrong to claim that with each generation humans are becoming more stupid. As scientists are often so keen to point out, it is a bit more complicated than that. A study from Iceland is the latest to raise the prospect of a

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The Guardian view on schools: the cuts are hurting | Editorial

January 16, 2017 at 02:51AM The last few weeks have been all about the NHS crisis, but new figures published today reveal the stark cash situation facing schools in England. Forty nine out of 50 schools, according to research by the Association of School and College Leaders and the Secondary Heads Association, will see a

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