Tackling educational inequality - CentreForum

Tackling educational inequality
Paul Marshall
Paul Marshall is chairman of Marshall Wace LLP, one of Britain’s leading
hedge fund groups. He is also a founder trustee of Absolute Return for
Kids (ARK), the children’s charity, and a co-Chairman of ARK Education.
He is chairman of the Management Board of CentreForum.
Previous publications include: “The Orange Book: reclaiming liberalism”
(2004) which he co-edited, and most recently “Britain after Blair: a
liberal agenda” (2006).
Sumi Rabindrakumar
Sumi graduated from Christ Church, Oxford University where she read
Philosophy, Politics and Economics. She worked for CentreForum until
January 2007 when she joined research consultancy, Local Futures.
Lucy Wilkins
Lucy joined CentreForum in February 2007 after working as a research
analyst in business banking. She previously completed her BA and MPhil
in History at Cambridge University.
Acknowledgements
Many people have influenced my thinking on this subject over recent
years, but I owe a particular debt of gratitude to Jennifer Moses, who is
both passionate in her concern for the educationally disadvantaged and
uncompromising in her analysis of the problem.
I would also like to thank Jay Altman and Amanda Spielman, at ARK
Schools, for their advice and inspiration, and Liz Rayment-Pickard and
Sir Michael Wilshaw for the insights they have provided into life at the
coal-face. I would also like to thank the team at CentreForum for their
comments and criticisms. Any errors are, of course, the author’s alone.
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