Becta

Meeting Their Potential: the role of education and technology in overcoming disadvantage and disaffection in young people.

A review of literature, policy and practice commissioned by Becta in 2007. This review to brings together current evidence on how disadvantage and disaffection has an impact on the lives of young people, and to ask what role ICT can play in raising young people’s aspirations and educational attainment.

Education is a particular focus because educational attainment is associated with virtually every standard measure of socio-economic success. Circumstances outside the immediate educational sphere, i.e. disadvantages both from physical and emotional perspectives, affect a child's capacity to achieve, and need consideration.