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The widening academic achievement gap between the rich and the poor

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As the income gap between high- and low-income families has widened, has the achievement gap between children in high- and low-income families also widened? The answer, in brief, is yes.

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  • Sean Reardon, 2012. "The widening academic achievement gap between the rich and the poor," Community Investments, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, vol. 24(Sum), pages 19-2438-39.
    • Handle: RePEc:fip:fedfci:y:2012:i:sum:p:19-2438-39:n:v.24,no.2
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    1. Erin E. Toolis, 2021. "Restoring the Balance between People, Places, and Profits: A Psychosocial Analysis of Uneven Community Development and the Case for Placemaking Processes," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(13), pages 1-18, June.
    2. Wagmiller, Robert L. & Lee, Kristen Schultz & Su, Jessica Houston, 2020. "The role of welfare in family income inequality: 1968–2016," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 119(C).
    3. Peter Temin, 2015. "The American Dual Economy: Race, Globalization, and the Politics of Exclusion," Working Papers Series 26, Institute for New Economic Thinking.
    4. Jason M. DeBacker & P. Wesley Routon, 2021. "A culture of despair? Inequality and expectations of educational success," Contemporary Economic Policy, Western Economic Association International, vol. 39(3), pages 573-588, July.
    5. DeBacker, Jason M. & Routon, P. Wesley, 2017. "Expectations, education, and opportunity," Journal of Economic Psychology, Elsevier, vol. 59(C), pages 29-44.

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