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Comment | Don’t try to keep working-class students in a narrow educational lane

This idea of exposing working-class school students only to the stories of working-class heroes, at the expense of “middle-class pursuits” such as museums, is misguided

Antony Micallef
17 January 2025
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A professor at Exeter University recently argued in The Times that UK state schools should cut down on “middle-class pursuits” such as museum visits, in favour of telling the stories of working-class heroes

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