Take away that extra £2.5bn targeted at poorer pupils, and schools are only getting what is called a "flat cash" settlement.
Therefore, additional resources to assist white working-class children with language and literacy are likely to be best targeted at the youngest pupils".
And because they are targeted at the least privileged pupils, rather than well-schooled ones who happen not to be white or Asian, they may prove a better way of solving the state's real inequities.
And here's the key point: the pupil premium is deliberately targeted at schools that teach the most deprived pupils.
The current protected spending commitments are the £36.6bn dedicated schools grant, the "basic building block" of funding for five- to 16-year-olds, and the £2.54bn pupil premium, which targets help at pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds.
The CRE believes that the answer is for the government to introduce programmes targeted at underperforming groups, including white working-class pupils and other marginalised groups such as Gypsies and Travellers.
Park View's results in recent years have been outstanding for a disadvantaged inner-city comprehensive, given the 70% of pupils who receive pupil premium funding, a government programme targeted at students from deprived backgrounds.
He put that down to the Lib Dems' decision to protect the schools budget in real terms and create the Pupil Premium - money targeted at the poorest children.
This may be targeted at students who receive the government's new pupil premium when they are at school, and could mean that their first year at university is free.
The party also said that David Cameron's announcement also raises questions over the future of the £2.5bn pupil premium, which is money targeted at the most disadvantaged students to close the attainment gap.
