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"Americans have long looked to our public schools to provide opportunities for individual advancement, promote social mobility, and share democratic values. We believe good schools are essential to democracy and prosperity - and that it is our collective responsibility to educate all children, not just a fortunate few. Over the past three decades, however, we have witnessed a betrayal of those ideals." This article includes information about local economic inequality. It talks about how all students have a right to learn no matter what there zip code is or their parent's ability to work. It also states that the education system should not focus on how badly poverty has damaged them, education opportunities should focus on the needs of any student.

"A key goal of education is to make sure that every student has a chance to excel, both in school and in life. Increasingly, children's success in school determines their success as adults, determining whether and where they go to college, what professions that they enter, and how much they are paid." This article talks about the inequality of school quality, including the resources that are provided at the school and the qualification of teachers. This report shows that children at a disadvantage start kindergarten with substantially lower thinking skills than the other more advantaged kids. These kids that are now at a disadvantage then continue through their education in low-resource schools, which then increases the inequality they began with.