White Working Class Educational Underachievement – Education Select Committee

8th December 2013

On the 4th of December, LKMco Director Loic Menzies answered questions from the Education Select Committee on White Working Class Underachievement.

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Friday 5: Child poverty, childcare uptake, local learning landscapes, a worsening teacher labour market and Trailblazer devolution deals for skills

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