Education & Learning · Educational Systems & Policy
A topic within Educational Systems & Policy, itself one of 10 topics in that field and part of Education & Learning.
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James S. Coleman et al.
The largest survey of American schooling ever conducted at the time found school resources explained far less of the achievement gap than family background, unsettling the assumption that money alone closes it.
link checked 17 Sept 2026Sean F. Reardon
Documents that the achievement gap between children from high- and low-income families has grown roughly 40% since the 1960s and now dwarfs the black-white gap, tracking rising income inequality rather than race.
link checked 17 Sept 2026