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Caroline Bassett

Chart: Generous Colleges That Claim to Admit Only on Merit - US News - 0 views

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  • Caroline Bassett on 01 Feb 15
     
    Colleges are accepting more students with the ability to pay than those who are more likely to require financial aid. Only 46 colleges accept students solely based upon qualifications.
hcps-luga

Status of education: Learning levels dropped by 5 per cent in 2014 - The Express Tribune - 0 views

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Lu Smithson7 education

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  • hcps-luga on 02 Feb 15
     
    "The report says that the learning levels of children in the province are very poor." This article conveys the fact that "have-nots" people commonly have a lower level of education through statistics. The percentages shown in the article exposes the truth about separation between social classes, and how it is evident in the learning environment.
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Equality, Opportunity, and the American Dream - NationalJournal.com - 0 views

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  • hcps-jordanam2 on 02 Feb 15
     
    This article talks about how it is harder to move socially in the US than in most of Europe. Also, it shows the Horatio Alger myth, which states the ideal aspects of the American Dream without stating the truth. Although Obama and the government believe in this lie, stating that someone born into poverty has equal chances as anyone else. The writer disagrees with this stating that she is bound by poverty and is a slaves for life, without equal opportunities as some other students
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http://www.cbpp.org/files/pullingapart2012/Virginia.pdf - 0 views

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  • hcps-carltonhg on 01 Feb 15
     
    "After decades of widening inequality, Virginia's richest households have dramatically bigger incomes than its poorest households." This article gives statistics of the income of Virginia's richest and poorest households. It supports the idea that income inequality has been growing in VA since the '70's.
hcps-luga

Income inequality can divide families, too - CBS News - 2 views

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  • hcps-luga on 29 Jan 15
     
    "It's a story as old as humankind: People raised in the same home, at the same time, by the same parents, who as adults land in vastly different financial circumstances." This article states how income inequality and money in general can separate families. It exposes the differences between brothers and sisters financially and how it effects their lives in different ways like education and much more.
hcps-heroncj

Disability claims skyrocket: Here's why - Apr. 11, 2013 - 10 views

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  • Since 2003, there's been a 29% jump in Americans with little or no work experience getting disability payments, according to the Social Security Administration. Over the same time, there's been a 44% increase in disability claims by people formerly in the workplace.
  • All told, the federal government spent nearly $250 billion in 2011 paying more than 23 million Americans some type of disability claim.
  • 1 million workers receiving private disability insurance.
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  • "With every recession, we see a rise in the number of applicants,"
  • During the 2001 recession, disability claims from those who used to have a steady job shot up 13%
  • soldiers are ten times as likely to survive today's wars, according to the Veterans Administration. But soldiers often come home with severe injuries.
  • The recent decision to recognize post traumatic stress disorder as a disability has also lifted the number of benefits claims.
  • hcps-grahamla on 01 Feb 15
     
    "All told, the federal government spent nearly $250 billion in 2011 paying more than 23 million Americans some type of disability claim. That's about 7% of the overall population, and 16% of the workforce." This article is mainly about the rise of disability and why it is happening. It provides information about the amount of people receiving disability claims, when money for these claims may run out, what actions will be taken when it does, and the influence of the recession on the amount of people with a disability to work.
  • hcps-heroncj on 02 Feb 15
     
    This article describes the rapid growth of disability claims and payments despite many advances in medicine and technologies in other fields. The article also contains statistical examples of how this is affecting the economy. 
hcps-straderjw

The Rise of Disability - NYTimes.com - 5 views

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  • hcps-straderjw on 01 Feb 15
     
    "5 percent of the potential work force is more or less permanently out of action. That's not good." This article tells the reader about how the amount of disability claims in the USA is increasing and the causes and effects of this. Also, it tells about how the disability program is losing money and how it must be changed in the near future (2016).
randomman75

Media Matters Attacks NPR for Exposing Entitlement Abuse - 4 views

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  • randomman75 on 01 Feb 15
     
    "Joffe-Walt's six-month investigation into America's disability program found a record-high 14 million Americans receiving disability checks in a system rife with fraud and dependency-inducing abuse that costs taxpayers $260 billion a year-more than food stamps and welfare combined." This article is very Conservative sided and talks of how disability costs america hundreds of millions each year. It also provides interesting facts about how much disability costs compared to other handout services the government pays for.
karleyfarmer

The real problem in education: the 'opportunity gap' - The Washington Post - 33 views

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  • American society has the means to provide supports for communities, for families, for students, and for teachers – to ensure that children are safe and healthy and ready to learn, that they have access to rich learning environments in schools and also in their homes and in their communities, and that they have qualified, experienced teachers.
  • hcps-dasa on 29 Jan 15
     
    "We can build on children's strengths, supporting them and challenging them to excel. The good news is that closing the opportunity gap doesn't require a magical quick fix; the bad news is that to do it we need to stop grasping at those magical quick fixes. Instead, we must turn to evidence-based, best practices."
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  • hcps-jeffreyja on 31 Jan 15
     
    "Our intense focus on achievement gaps needs to be combined with an equally intense focus on opportunity gaps. The status quo of test-based accountability reform needs to give way to new, evidence-based approaches dedicated to building the capacity to accomplish accountability goals." This article by The Washington Post talks about how the opportunity gap is very large in the United States of America. It is the opinion of the author of the article that the opportunity gap needs to be reduced.
  • hcps-harrisaf on 31 Jan 15
     
    This article isn't only telling about about opportunity gaps, it gives ideas of how we can fix or improve the problem.  It tells about the strengths, weaknesses, and other areas of improvement that the education system has and tells about the struggles some areas have. PrivateRead LaterCache Recent Tags: Savecancel "
  • hcps-harrisaf on 31 Jan 15
     
    This article isn't only telling about about opportunity gaps, it gives ideas of how we can fix or improve the problem.  It tells about the strengths, weaknesses, and other areas of improvement that the education system has and tells about the struggles some areas have. PrivateRead LaterCache Recent Tags: Savecancel "
  • hcps-brunsle on 01 Feb 15
     
    "In particular, we have failed to build capacity or increase opportunities to learn." This sentence is a good example of why people feel so strongly about fixing opportunity gaps in education and supports their claims that some kids have an unfair disadvantage. Education, in years past, has been thought of as the equalizer, giving opportunities to learn to all kids, no matter their background. Today, people argue that children do not receive the same benefits as a reflection of many issues, not just teaching staff. While in many cases I agree that America is facing an opportunity gap in education driven by child poverty as well as economic and family struggles, I feel that people neglect to notice the strides we have made in education. In Henrico, for example, kids have a chance to attend a high school with a specific 'specialty center' in which the curriculum revolves around a more definitive subject, prepping them for future job or college opportunities. This is something that would never have been available years ago. This article directly relates to my opinion on the discussion question, but in some ways, contradicts it. I do not agree that we have failed to increase opportunities to learn, for instance. The main idea behind this article was that child poverty and poor teaching was the root of opportunity gaps in education. I feel that this is a poor reflection of our school systems because of the many programs we have created to further the education of our children.
  • hcps-rathorsj1 on 01 Feb 15
     
    "The old Gaps 1.0 conversation simply cannot get us to where we need to go. Children learn when they have opportunities to learn. When denied those opportunities, they fall behind, and we get the devastating achievement gaps. But when they are provided with rich opportunities to learn, they thrive, and the achievement gaps close." In this article, it states that children learn when they have opportunities to learn. They fall behind when denied those opportunities, but when they are provided with rich opportunities, they learn well, and there is no education gap. Although, as of now, the country has failed to increase these opportunities to learn, creating an education gap.
  • hcps-tiquica on 02 Feb 15
     
    "In particular, we have failed to build capacity or increase opportunities to learn.   Our intense focus on achievement gaps needs to be combined with an equally intense focus on opportunity gaps. The status quo of test-based accountability reform needs to give way to new, evidence-based approaches dedicated to building the capacity to accomplish accountability goals." This article is about how America is not putting their focus on the right issues when it comes to education. Instead of focusing on closing achievement gaps, America should start turning their gaze on how opportunity gaps are influencing the lives of students all over the country.
  • hcps-edwardsr1 on 02 Feb 15
     
    "Our intense focus on achievement gaps needs to be combined with an equally intense focus on opportunity gaps. The status quo of test-based accountability reform needs to give way to new, evidence-based approaches dedicated to building the capacity to accomplish accountability goals."
  • hcps-wilkscg on 02 Feb 15
     
    There has been race and gender inequality in the past. It was thought, education was "equal". It's not. The good news is we are getting closer, each day, to closing the gap.
  • hcps-mossk1 on 02 Feb 15
     
    "In particular, we have failed to build capacity or increase opportunities to learn.   Our intense focus on achievement gaps needs to be combined with an equally intense focus on opportunity gaps. The status quo of test-based accountability reform needs to give way to new, evidence-based approaches dedicated to building the capacity to accomplish accountability goals." I believe that there is no opportunity gap in Henrico because of the fact that we have so many options for high school specialty centers, extracurricular activities and clubs, sports, etc. These things give us a good amount of opportunity in order to "close" the gap and give us a well rounded education that can sustain us for a lifetime.
  • karleyfarmer on 04 Feb 15
     
    "Much has happened in the last 30 years. But let's fast forward, past the 1989 Charlottesville Education Summit and past President Clinton's "Goals 2000" legislation in 1994. Let's jump right to the "No Child Left Behind Act" of 2001. That law, along with the current administration's Race to the Top policies, has placed American school reform on a stark path best defined as "test-based accountability reform" - just as was called for 30 years ago in A Nation at Risk."
hcps-jeffreyja

Income inequality hurts economic growth, researchers say - The Washington Post - 1 views

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  • hcps-jeffreyja on 31 Jan 15
     
    "Income inequality has emerged as a central fact of the modern U.S. economy, one that President Obama is expected to denounce as a growing threat to the American dream of upward mobility in his State of the Union address next week." The article summarizes the negative effects of economic inequality for the entire United States of America. It talks about how it is bad for the bottom 95% along with the top 5%.
hcps-chend1

Rand Paul's claim that 'over half of the people on disability are either anxious or the... - 1 views

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  • hcps-chend1 on 31 Jan 15
     
    "Over half of the people on disability are either anxious or their back hurts - join the club. Who doesn't get a little anxious for work and their back hurts? " In this article by the Washington Post, disability insurance is scrutinized to determine how people are abusing and misusing it. Ever since the "baby boomers" hit their 40s and 50s, the cost of disability insurance peaked over the monetary income funding the program. Is it worth it to keep paying "injured" workers?
hcps-aggarwaai

Income Inequality and the Ills Behind It - NYTimes.com - 8 views

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  • hcps-aggarwaai on 29 Jan 15
     
    Is it time to stop obsessing about inequality? Whatever the reason, suddenly inequality seems to be not only at the top of the liberal agenda, but in the thoughts of concerned American voters. In his view, the defining challenge of our era is that workers in the bottom half of the distribution can no longer trust that their living standard will double every generation.
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  • hcps-jenaa on 30 Jan 15
     
    "It is not only that the accumulation of income at the apex of the pyramid of success is not the nation's main problem. There is little we can do to redress it anyway." This article focuses on the importance of inequality and the problems behind it. While some critics think that the inequality gap is just a part of society, others believe that the president or executive office should take action and make a decision to stop this.
  • hcps-senthils on 31 Jan 15
     
    "In his view, the defining challenge of our era is that workers in the bottom half of the distribution can no longer trust that their living standard will double every generation. "The right moral question is 'are poor people rising to a higher standard of living?' Inequality itself is the wrong thing to look at," he told me. The real problem is slow growth." This article talks about the growing issues and importance of income inequality. It says that the technology and globalization has split the labor market into high and low earners. But, there are far fewer jobs left in the middle to support the middle class.
  • hcps-morishesk on 02 Feb 15
     
    "There is evidence that inequality among the lower rungs of the socio-economic ladder can have deleterious consequences, stunting the ambition of the poor. But even avowedly liberal social scientists have had a tough time figuring out the negative consequences of the rise of the 1 percent." The article explains how income inequality is rapidly increasing as the margin from rich to poor is clearly visible. The top 1% of the people in America are controlling the income of the rest of the population in certain parts of the United States of America. This is happening because there is a lack of education which leads to other problems. It is always important to have a good education and be successful in life.
  • hcps-faparusae on 02 Feb 15
     
    " Inequality itself is the wrong thing to look at," he told me. The real problem is slow growth." This article talks about income inequality and why it could be important. It also talks about things other politicians, such as presidents, have said about income inequality.
  • hcps-aggarwaai on 03 Feb 15
     
    s it time to stop obsessing about inequality? Perhaps it was President Obama's speech last December, calling the nation's vast income gap "the defining challenge of our time." The American publication of the French economist Thomas Piketty's blockbuster "Capital in the Twenty-First Century" must have helped.
hcps-sandhuy

Koonce: Opportunities for state's youngest students - Richmond.com: Koonce-opportunitie... - 1 views

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  • hcps-sandhuy on 02 Feb 15
     
    "Unfortunately, children's ZIP codes, not their need for the service, may well determine whether or not they have access to early childhood programs." This article explains how wealth and environment impact the educational opportunities that children can receive prior to and after starting school. Also, it describes the effect of having unequal education in public schools on the future of Virginia.
pkapila

Education Gap Grows Between Rich and Poor, Studies Show - 3 views

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  • hcps-sadekarpb on 01 Feb 15
     
    "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.
  • pkapila on 02 Feb 15
     
    "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.
hcps-heroncj

Equal Opportunity, Our National Myth - NYTimes.com - 2 views

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  • The Great Divide is a series on inequality — the haves, the have-nots and everyone in between — in the United States and around the world, and its implications for economics, politics, society and culture.
  • According to research from the Brookings Institution, only 58 percent of Americans born into the bottom fifth of income earners move out of that category, and just 6 percent born into the bottom fifth move into the top.
  • what extent the life chances of a child are dependent on the education and income of his parents.
  • hcps-heroncj on 02 Feb 15
     
    "The gap between aspiration and reality could hardly be wider. Today, the United States has less equality of opportunity than almost any other advanced industrial country. Study after study has exposed the myth that America is a land of opportunity." This article explains how and why our country has lost one of the things that it prized the most, equal opportunity. With many examples this article goes into detail on just how wide the gap has become, and how the rags to riches American dream has burned to the ground. 
hcps-xiecr

It's the Inequality, Stupid | Mother Jones - 1 views

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  • hcps-xiecr on 01 Feb 15
     
    "WINNERS TAKE ALL The superrich have grabbed the bulk of the past three decades' gains." This article discusses how everyday people think the income distribution is equal, but in reality, the top 0.1%-0.01% control about 2/3s of the American networth
hcps-chenr

Educators struggle to combat dropout rate disparities - Richmond.com: Local News - 12 views

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  • hcps-chenr on 02 Feb 15
     
    "The Richmond and Hanover County school systems have sharply different racial demographics, and dropout percentages that differ as well in their reports to the Department of Education." This articles talks about the reasons how Henrico has different education from others and that results in more dropout rates.
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