Rich or poor = clever or dumb

According to the Guardian, an article already two years old suggests that the gap between the rich and the poor in the UK is directly correlated with their success at school. The author points out: "The gap between the highest and lowest achievers was one of the highest in the 32-country Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, and was "directly linked" to social class, the school standards minister, David Miliband, told a conference on the OECD's 2001 programme for international student assessment study." ... Mmm, read more.