The influence of family background on children’s educational success is as big now as it was 100 years ago. And the gap between children from impoverished families and their more affluent peers has ...

The family background of UK children still influences their educational achievements at primary school as much as it did nearly one hundred years ago, a major new study has revealed. The study, by the ...

In all societies, the family plays a crucial role in shaping the educational experiences and achievement of children and the transmission of status from one generation to the next. Throughout the ...

My great grandparents on both sides of my family escaped Russia after suffering persecution for being Jewish. My mom’s grandparents immigrated to the United States after their parents were murdered ...

A study which looked at data from 92,000 individuals born between 1921 and 2011, has revealed the achievement gap between children from impoverished family backgrounds and their more privileged peers ...