Michael Gove - Social Engineer

 So Michael Gove has been meddling in the education of our young people.  His latest idea is to remove the effect social deprivation has on the targets that young people are set.  I cannot quote any relevant research to you, but is it not a well known fact that children from council estates do not do as well as children from leafy suburbs?  This is a massive generalisation, but you get my point.  What might a possible outcome be?  The children from council estates will not make their targets, which will chip away at their confidence and enthusiasm for education.  On the other hand, the children from the leafy suburbs will probably meet or exceed their targets which will give them more confidence in their abilities.  Over time this will mean a separation of the middle and upper classes from the lower classes, and a reduction in social mobility, which is already very low in this country compared to others.  Isn't 'keeping the poor in their place' one of the main policies of the Conservative Party's?  Well done Michael Gove for bring Tory Nirvana that much closer.