Society needs to act to help white working-class pupils, inquiry says

BBC News Monday 09 November 2026, 01:52 UTC 1 min read

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The education secretary says she is backing the inquiry to "get to the heart of the barriers holding children back".

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A Texas investigator who spent years working on capital murder cases is now accused of killing his wife of roughly 35 years, less than two weeks after filing for divorce. Jimmy Spurger Jr., 54, the chief investigator for the Dallas County Public Defender’s Office, faces a first-degree felony murder charge after his wife, Maria Spurger, was found stabbed to death inside their downtown Dallas apartment Friday night. Emergency crews found Maria on a couch with a knife in her neck and her...

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Society needs to act to help white working-class pupils, inquiry says

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