BBC NEWS | Education | Wealth gap in learning, by age 3

New research shows the relationship between social class disadvantage and educational attainment which is evident at three years of age. The general point has been known for decades but politicians since the late 1970s have chosen to ignore it as to address it requires a redistribution of wealth not simply educational initiatives .BBC NEWS | Education | Wealth gap in learning, by age 3 The full report, linked here, is called Millennium Cohort Study Second Survey: A User's Guide to Initial Findings