Education gap linked to poverty

Catherine Gaunt
Wednesday, November 15, 2006

Closing the gap in educational achievement for children from poor families is the key to ending child poverty, children's minister Beverly Hughes said last week at an event to mark End Child Poverty Month. Speaking at the Social Market Foundation in London, Ms Hughes said, 'It won't be easy to meet child poverty targets and close the attainment gap between poor children and the rest. It is also increasingly clear that these objectives are inextricably linked and that success in one will help generate success in the other.'