There is less chance for a poor American citizen to become wealthey than in most other western countries. So let's stop the bulshit about the American dream please.
Researchers have found that while the achievement gap between white and black students in the United States has narrowed significantly over the past few decades, the achievement gap between rich and poor students has grown substantially during the same period.
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The mobility between groups is highest in Northern Europe: Scandinavia and the Netherlands.
By DrOetker on 13/02/2012 - 6:59Is is not only a question of income.
By helen on 13/02/2012 - 7:34It is also the time that wealth buys.
Many children of poor families essentially have to raise themselves because their parents have to work long hours just to get by.
By helen on 13/02/2012 - 7:35There are things we can do, but for the past 40 years, we’ve been unwilling to even consider doing them.
U S the land of opportunity? Yes if you’re educated outside of this county.
By heather on 13/02/2012 - 7:52Not so much if you are born here and educated in a rural or inner city school. What a waste of talent.
To my (former) fellow teachers: GET OUT.
By heather on 13/02/2012 - 7:56Your smarts can be used elsewhere, for example healthcare. Since I left and reeducated myself for the first time in my life I feel respected as an employee and I can pay my bills.
In the end it is good parenting that has the strongest influence on a child’s success in life.
By helen on 13/02/2012 - 8:00