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- Narrowing the Achievement Gap by Narrowing the Hunger Gap [ No comments]
- February 10, 2012
Today’s NY Times reports that “in analyses of long-term data published in recent months, researchers are finding that while the achievement gap between white and black students has narrowed significantly over the past few decades, the gap between rich and poor students has grown substantially during the same period.” The article debates the influences of opportunity (or lack thereof) versus culture and asserts that the complexity of the problem defies easy answers. It concludes by quoting one expert as saying “No one has the slightest idea what will work. The cupboard is bare.”
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