The bigger picture of the Excellence in Cities' work in schools, says the minister, is to find ways to reverse generations of educational underachievement in the inner-cities.

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The gender stereotypes perpetuated by books such as Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus damage our ability to tackle serious social issues, including educational underachievement, bullying, divorce, and violence.

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The unionist forum will also discuss other social, economic and political matters, including deprivation and educational underachievement in the unionist community and the low level of unionist voter registration and turnout.

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Worse, Britain's long tail of educational underachievement has persisted.

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