#education-equity

#education-equity

Ministers must make access to language learning a national priority, after research showed that children from more deprived areas of England are disproportionately denied the opportunity to learn a foreign language.

Emma Nyhof McLeod, co-author of the report and senior policy analyst at Georgetown CEW, emphasized the need to inform students of high-paying middle-skills careers, stating that they are often overlooked.

"This gap should matter to us as it matters to the students who walk into the school every single day...how many stories our Latinx students and their families would be empowered to tell if there were more Latinx teachers to tell them to."

The executive order to dismantle the Department of Education will disproportionately impact vulnerable students, necessitating a commitment to public education.