Some learn education's merited (6)

I believe the answer is:

earned

'merited' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'some learn education's' is the wordplay.
'some' says the answer is hidden in the clue (some of the parts of the word are used).
'EARNED' can be found hidden inside 'learn educations'.

(Other definitions for earned that I've seen before include "Received as a salary, right etc." , "Merited through behaviour" , "Acquired through work or effort" , "'Deserved, merited (6)'" , "Took home" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.

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