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Five out of six POOR white boys in England did not meet target of at least five good GCSEs

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Poor white boys still lag behind Five out of six poor white boys in England did not meet the government's target of at least five good GCSEs including English and maths this year. This compares to 25% of black boys and 32% of Asian boys of similar backgrounds, the new figures show. Only one group performed worse - Gypsy/Romany pupils on free school meals. Schools minister Jim Knight said the groups where children were doing well often shared a belief in the "value of family and education". He said the challenge was to raise aspirations and improve relations between home and school - and the government was working to do that. Chinese achievement As usual, girls outperformed boys in the 2008 GCSE results with 52% of girls getting five good GCSEs including English and maths, compared with 44% of boys. The eight percentage point achievement gap between the genders is slightly lower than in 2007 - when it was nine percentage points. The now established attainment gap between the poorest members of different ethnic groups has prompted some to call for extra resources to be targeted specifically at poor, white boys. Currently, extra money has been passed to schools for teaching children from black and other ethnic minority groups. They also get extra cash for teaching pupils on free school meals, whose parents will be claiming means-tested benefits. However, when social background is disregarded, white boys still do significantly better than their black counterparts. 'Low expectations' Some 47.3% of all white boys reach the government's benchmark compared with 37.3% of all black boys. At the same time 49.9% of all Asian boys and 64.6% of all Chinese boys get five good GCSEs. Liberal Democrat children's spokesman David Laws said: "Over half of poor Chinese boys achieve the five A*-C standard. "Urgent questions must be asked about why white boys from similarly deprived backgrounds are falling behind. "Ending entrenched disadvantage will take more than tinkering. We need a Pupil Premium to increase the per pupil funding of the poorest pupils to private school levels, allowing for more catch-up classes and additional support to give every child a chance." Shadow schools minister Nick Gibb it was deeply worrying that the gap between the better off and disadvantaged was growing. "A culture of low expectations and a lack of rigour are holding these pupils back. "We need to ensure that schools in the most deprived areas are using the type of high-quality academic teaching which we know can drive up standards, with a focus on setting by ability and a strong behavioural policy," he said
Not even a topic, just an announcement. Had to search hard for this on the BBC News section (News > UK > Education), yet it was front page of Metro. Seen BBC put some none sense about stories in other countries that dont even matter to us on their front page. Theyre bastards IMO.Not bottom of the pile no more, REJOICE!!!That'll be all
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Swear it's 'common' knowledge that poor White boys, West Indian boys & Southern Asian boys were always the weakest academically....
Well duh, but on the news they always said it was boys of Afro-Caribbean descent doing the worst. Why didnt you just say "its common knowledge that poor people are weakest academically" instead? A lot easier alie?
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Swear it's 'common' knowledge that poor White boys, West Indian boys & Southern Asian boys were always the weakest academically....
Well duh, but on the news they always said it was boys of Afro-Caribbean descent doing the worst. Why didnt you just say "its common knowledge that poor people are weakest academically" instead? A lot easier alie?
Because I know poor African boys who've excelled/done well.With me, being one.
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Swear it's 'common' knowledge that poor White boys, West Indian boys & Southern Asian boys were always the weakest academically....
Well duh, but on the news they always said it was boys of Afro-Caribbean descent doing the worst. Why didnt you just say "its common knowledge that poor people are weakest academically" instead? A lot easier alie?
Because I know poor African boys who've excelled/done well.With me, being one.
WTF? Straight neek. You dont know any West Indian boys who have done well? I know bare wasteman Africans (look at who's being stabbed/shot and killed, or on NewsNight).
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no discipline aka this is boring news evry day all i read is stories about the simptons of family abolishment/belief in satanism but still they change nothing,the state media glamours you with the same ideals relentlessly then makes you worry about the side effects like they are someone elses fault,its a brutal machine

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Swear it's 'common' knowledge that poor White boys, West Indian boys & Southern Asian boys were always the weakest academically....
Well duh, but on the news they always said it was boys of Afro-Caribbean descent doing the worst. Why didnt you just say "its common knowledge that poor people are weakest academically" instead? A lot easier alie?
Because I know poor African boys who've excelled/done well.With me, being one.
WTF? Straight neek. You dont know any West Indian boys who have done well? I know bare wasteman Africans (look at who's being stabbed/shot and killed, or on NewsNight).
Boy, I'm saying, look at the statistics.And you really think there are more boys who come from affluent African families, then there are West Indians?
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