Originally Posted by Val
There will always be an achievement gap in life. It can't be closed. Some people are more talented than others. Some are luckier. Some have better connections. Etc. etc. The same is true in school. Some kids are just smarter. There's an achievement gap in sports, but no one seems to talk about closing it (presumably because most everyone admits that some kids just have more athletic talent).

True, but the "achievement gap" refers to group, not individual differences. Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achievement_gap_in_the_United_States says the "[a]chievement gap refers to the observed disparity on a number of educational measures between the performance of groups of students, especially groups defined by gender, race/ethnicity, and socioeconomic status."

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