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Jun 29, 2020 · A decade of academic researchers and federal data reports show large and growing education inequality in America between the rich and poor.
Jul 9, 2021 · Remote learning turned spotlight on gaps in resources, funding, and tech — but also offered hints on reform. “Unequal” is a multipart series highlighting the work of Harvard faculty, staff, students, alumni, and researchers on issues of race and inequality across the U.S. This part looks at how the pandemic called attention to issues ...
Aug 8, 2020 · There has been widespread concern that the takeoff in income inequality in recent decades has had harmful social consequences. We provide evidence on this concern by assembling all available nationally representative datasets on college enrollment and completion.
Oct 16, 2020 · And while white students’ test scores in these subjects have also improved, they’re not rising by as much. This means racial achievement gaps – a key way of monitoring whether all students have access to a good education – in the country are narrowing, research by Stanford University shows.
Sep 27, 2017 · The undeniable relationship between economic inequalities and education inequalities represents a societal failure that betrays the ideal of the “American dream.” What can be done about it: Greater investments in pre-K programs can narrow the gaps between students at the start of school.
Mar 1, 1998 · In fact, the U.S. educational system is one of the most unequal in the industrialized world, and students routinely receive dramatically different learning opportunities based on their social...
What does educational opportunity in America look like? A research team, including Andrew Ho of the Harvard Graduate School of Education and Sean Reardon of Stanford University, has pieced together testing data from almost every public school in every state to find an answer.