First off, I think even assuming this was a lie, it’d still be useful to continue telling kids it - we tell kids lies all the time, for their own goods. Second

First off, I think even assuming this was a lie, it’d still be useful to continue telling kids it - we tell kids lies all the time, for their own goods. Secondly, I dispute the thesis of the article (that education equality has become worse over time). The data doesn’t appear to concur with hat conclusion. The number of underprivileged kids at Oxford and Cambridge has increased significantly in the last decade. 68% of Oxford’s intake last year were state school students. When the author studied, the number might have been 45% at best (I don’t know his age).