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Finding higher education in the Quad Cities is not an issue. Between Palmer, Western Illinois, St. Ambrose,  Eastern Iowa Community Colleges, Black Hawk College, Hamilton, Purdue, and Augustana, there are many places for people to come and get higher education in the Quad Cities. Even though we have a ton of schools and quite the list of colleges, a new study reveals that the Quad Cities is definitely NOT one of the most educated areas in the country. Get our free mobile app A new study from our friends at WalletHub shows the list of the most and least educated cities and areas in the Unite...

System to help the poorest families affected by covid. and we can speak to the co—chair of the social mobility commission, steven cooper. talk to us more about these findings and put them into historical context. the uk has had social mobility for a number of years. there have been some elements of progress, the attainment gap in education had improved. covid—19 is put that back. every measure on social mobility has started to get worse particularly for younger and disadvantaged children. child poverty, inequality, access, gaps in attainment, etc. that needs to be the central points

For them to do that. if we think about the pandemic, pre—pandemic the attainment gap for schoolchildren was about seven months from less advantaged compared to more advantaged compared to more advantaged backgrounds. that has now grown. disadvantaged young people have been the most likely group to lose paid work, particularly working class men aged between 16 and 24 and thatis class men aged between 16 and 24 and that is why i think we are putting the pressure on now as we had the prime minister's speech about levelling up last week which was very light on detail, so it is a good start that ...

Boosted in the next two years to support children's recovery and in fact, the government has sold schools short on the premium we are saying now is the time to increase schools and give them more resources to get more attention on the most disadvantaged students or otherwise will see the attainment gap between better off pupils and those with backgrounds and that is both unjust of those children and again, very damaging for countries future. shadow education secretaryjoins us from greater manchester tonight. thank you for being with us on bbc news. what his reaction to what they had to say in ...