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In classrooms today in America children are experiencing their own gap among themselves. The gap between rich students and poor students is evident in the fact that schools do not accommodate those who are not lucky to have the same resources as their classmates and are put at a disadvantage. With this disadvantage placed upon the classrooms it further widens the gap for poor students to escape poverty.
This article highlights the gap between rich kids and poor kids in the U.S. compared to other countries in the world
The widening achievement gap between affluent and low-income students has received less attention than the divide between white and black students, which has narrowed significantly.
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School A is in a middle-class neighborhood—with all that implies. School B is in a poor one, with crime, gangs, overwhelmed parents, many children with behavior and academic problems, broken buildings, bureaucratic demands—and salaries that are lower than at School A.
AJE spent a day in the life of two U.S. high school students on both sides of the education divide. Here's their story in their own words.
Why do rich kids end up doing better than poor kids in school? Of late, one common explanation for this has been the “word gap,” or the idea that poor children are exposed to significantly fewer words by age three than their wealthier peers.
Students from disadvantaged backgrounds are as more than 18 months behind their peers by the time they leave school - and education is doing little to close the gap, according to a new study.
This superintendent showcases the various ways she helped to combat poverty in her schools and help not only students but their families as well.
Schools can address poverty through teaching social justice, offering equal academic opportunities, and discreetly providing school supplies, snacks, clothes, and other basic necessities.
Scholarships at private schools might be highly sought after, but they cause otherwise progressive people to support institutions that maintain structural inequality in society
