Social Mobility

<p>What are the effects of decreasing social mobility?<br>How does education help - and hinder - us in improving our life chances?<br>Why are so many of us stuck on the same social rung as our parents? <br><br>Apart from the USA Britain has the lowest social mobility in the Western world. The lack of movement in who gets where in society - particularly when people are stuck at the bottom and the top - costs the nation dear both in terms of the unfulfilled talents of those left behind and an increasingly detached elite disinterested in improvements that benefit the rest of society.<br><br>This book analyses cutting-edge research into how social mobility has changed in Britain over the years the shifting role of schools and universities in creating a fairer future and the key to what makes some countries and regions so much richer in opportunities bringing a clearer understanding of what works and how we can better shape our future.</p>