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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Miriam Stoppard

Mums are crucial in shaping kids’ educational mobility

Do you remember that old saying, “Educate a woman and you educate a family”? Well, a study from Lancaster ­University shows just how relevant this saying is today.

Their study has found a mother’s education plays an increasingly important role in shaping their children’s educational achievement, while the importance of the father’s educational level has declined.

Lancaster University in collaboration with the University of British Columbia, Canada, discovered how much gender really matters.

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