White boys 'let down by education system'

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'White boys are being turned into an unemployable underclass - as they fall behind children from other racial groups at school, new research shows.
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White British pupils make up more than three quarters of low achievers in English schools and do worse than children from other ethnic groups with similar economic backgrounds, according to the study. The large majority of under-performers are boys.
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There is a clear link between failure at school and a life of crime, the authors say. "Only about a fifth of the lowest achievers go on to a further education college and acquire any other sort of education or training.'