Children, Poverty and Education

Carl Parsons is Emeritus Professor of Education at Canterbury Christ Church University, where he was previously Head of Department of Educational Research.

• Introduction1. The Wonderful World of Modern Childhood2. Neoliberal State Education in the 21st Century3. Schools, Opportunities, Equalities and ‘Levelling Up’4. Poverty Rules: The Parameters and Persistence of Inequality5. Behind Every Great Fortune6. The Elites Make the Rules7. How Inordinate Levels of Inequality are Sustained – and Can Be Reduced8. The United Kingdom - Humanity, Morality and Equality: The Hope