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The Cost of Free Education (2006 update) |
For the vast majority of chidren securing a decent education is a critical factor in determining success in adult life. Graduates can expect to earn significantly more over their lifetimes than non-graduates and, conversely, school leavers with poor educational attainment are more likely to face poverty in adulthood. Yet a host of reasons children from low income families are less likely to flourish at school. Research has found that for these children school can be divisive and contribut to exclusion and that two issues in particular create problems due to the costs. The first is clothes, and the importance of wearing the right clothes, including what is perceived by children as the 'right' school uniform. The second is school trips, which provide important developmental opportunties as well as educational ones, and which are critical in helping children to develop and strengthen bonds with their peers.
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