Has education ever been ? Can it ever be ? I'm not sure it makes sense to hope that anything could prevent offspring to be more similar (and have more similar lives) to their parents that to random member of their species. Gregory Clark is very sobering in this regard :

http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/110873/1/Working_Paper_67.pdf

EDIT: See also https://edi.opml.co.uk/wpcms/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Kyrg...