24 November 2009
"...Since 1988, parents in England have had the right to express a preference of school. Successive governments have believed one benefit of this is to force under-performing schools to up their game. But academics at Bristol University and the Institute of Education London University argue that parental choice fuels class segregation in schools....."
Parental choice on primary schools 'increases social divide' The Guardian, 20 November 2009
Children from poor families have fewer primary school options, study finds The Guardian, 29 October 2010
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