Study: Education Gap Growing Between Rich, Poor

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A new study suggests that the achievement gap between rich and poor students continues to grow wider, according to the New York Times.

Differences in achievements of rich and poor students have taken a back seat to the gap between black and white children in education in the last 60 years. But during that time period, the gap between the former groups has risen while the gap between the latter has narrowed.

“We have moved from a society in the 1950s and 1960s, in which race was more consequential than family income, to one today in which family income appears more determinative of educational success than race,” said Sean F. Reardon, a Stanford University sociologist, to the New York Times.

Reardon authored a study that found the gap in standardized test scores between rich and poor students has increased by 40 percent in the last 50 years -- now double the testing gap between blacks and whites. .................(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.theroot.com/education-gap-rich-poor-study

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