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"We have moved from a society in the 1950s and 1960s, in which race was more consequential than family income, to one today in which family income appears more determinative of educational success than race," said Sean F. Reardon, a Stanford University sociologist. Professor Reardon is the author of a study that found that the gap in standardized test scores between affluent and low-income students had grown by about 40 percent since the 1960s, and is now double the testing gap between blacks and whites." This article talks about how over the years the gap between education of the lower and upper class has just been getting wider. The difference in these two social standings has a big impact from grade school all the way until college, and the kids with a lower income have substantially less opportunities then they should.

"Education was historically considered a great equalizer in American society, capable of lifting less advantaged children and improving their chances for success as adults. But a body of recently published scholarship suggests that the achievement gap between rich and poor children is widening, a development that threatens to dilute education's leveling effects." In this article, it explains the difference in equal opportunities between low income and high income families because of education. From statistics mentioned in this article, it is mentioned that a major reason for this is because parents from higher income families spend much more money and time into their children. Also, many low income families have trouble financially with helping their kids finish college.