Assess the View that Poverty Is the Main Cause of Social Class Difference in Educational Achievement

Poverty has a great impact upon social class difference in educational achievement. Homelessness causes tiredness and lack of concentration in school, which has a negative affect upon educational achievement. Douglas wrote, in his book 'The Home and the School' that working class parents are often uninterested in their children's education and therefore do not encourage them to do well, or congratulate them when they do. Also, it has been found that working class fathers seldom visit school. …