Born to Fail?: Social Mobility: A Working Class View (Paperback)

Sonia Blandford, CEO of award-winning charity Achievement for All, writes brilliantly and honestly about the facing up to the realities of the white working class and how to address social mobility from the inside. No-one in the UK is better placed than Sonia to write about the struggles of white working class pupils in our schools. She grew up on the Allied Estate in Hounslow and was the first member of her family to pursue education beyond the age of 14 and was also the first to attend university. Sonia lost her mother when she took an accidental overdose, when she couldn't read the doctor's prescription. This tragic failing served as one of the inspirations for her to set up the award-winning Achievement for All organisation, who work with thousands of schools to help close the attainment gap. Born to Fail? tackles head-on issues such as why education often doesn't matter to the working class; how education has failed to deliver for them; the importance of self-belief, action and confidence; and how the Early Years is the crucial time to build success from the start.

General

Imprint:	John Catt Educational Ltd
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	October 2017
Authors:	Sonia Blandford
Dimensions:	208 x 146 x 8mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	122
ISBN-13:	978-1-911382-40-9
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Education > Philosophy of education Books > Social sciences > Education > Organization & management of education > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > Social classes > Social mobility
LSN:	1-911382-40-3
Barcode:	9781911382409

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