Is There a Recession in Social Mobility?

Social mobility has actually been relatively stable over recent decades, though with somewhat less upward mobility. The state of the nation report was drafted by a newly appointed commission led by the outspoken head teacher catherine berbel sing. It wants to look deeper into the role of family and cultural values in understanding how some people from unpromising backgrounds buck the trend. But what about the role of chance and having the right temperament to grasp a good opportunity when it pops up? Maybe the commission should research more deeply into the way that contacts, personal connections and even chance meetings, can change the course of a life for the better.