Tony Sewell – explaining black boys’ underachievement
Tony Sewell suggested an anti-school culture may be responsible for the underachievement of black boys.
education, Race and Ethnicity
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education
Assess the claim that ‘ethnic difference in educational achievement are primarily the result of school factors’ (30)
School factors include teacher labelling, banding and streaming, school ethos and pupil subcultures. Although home factors are generally more important in explaining differences in achievement