Occupy Kindergarten: The Rich-Poor Divide Starts With Education
http://www.theatlantic.com/business...oor-divide-starts-with-education/252914/Economic class is increasingly becoming the great dividing line of American education.
The New York Times has published a roundup of recent research showing the growing academic achievement gap between rich and poor students. It prominently features a paper by Stanford sociologist Sean F. Reardon, which found that, since the 1960s, the difference in test scores between affluent and underprivileged students has grown 40%, and is now double gap between black and white students.
Very interesting little article. What is your take on this growing divide? Given the experiences I've seen on these boards, I think the sad truth is, that it often requires a lot of time and money to get a proper education for your children, especially if your child is gifted.
You could also take the tack that people with a higher IQ are more likely to become affluent, and marry other people with a high IQ and then produce children with a high IQ. And folks with a low IQ are likely to go in the opposite direction.
