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The Increasing Income Inequality In America [INFOGRAPHIC] - 17 views

www.valuewalk.com/...inequality-america-infographic

yirga smithson5 income

shared by hcps-yirgaja on 02 Feb 15 - No Cached
  • hcps-yirgaja on 02 Feb 15
     
    "The 1940s to the late 1970s, while by no means a golden age (as evidenced, for example, by the perpetuation of gender, ethnic, and racial discrimination in the job market), was a period in which workers from the lowest-paid wage earner to the highest-paid CEO experienced similar growth in incomes. This was a period in which "a rising tide" really did lift all boats. This underscores that there is nothing inevitable about top incomes growing faster than other incomes, as has occurred since the late 1970s. The unequal income growth since the late 1970s has brought the top 1 percent income share in the United States to near its 1928 peak." This article explains the ever increasing income inequality in modern day society. It verbally and non-verbally describes how the income of the top 1% of America is rapidly occupying a greater percentage of the income of all the populaces of the United States of America and that the income share of top one percent is nearing the peak it reached in 1928.
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Opportunity gap stalks U.S. children as inequality grows - Central Maine - 14 views

www.centralmaine.com/...s-children-as-inequality-grows

yirga smithson5 education

shared by hcps-yirgaja on 31 Jan 15 - No Cached
  • hcps-jhask on 31 Jan 15
     
    "Family income also affects success on campus. Graduation rates for high-income students climbed to 54 percent for those born in 1979-1982, from 36 percent for those born in 1961-1964. By contrast, graduation rates for low-income students had improved by just 4 percentage points, to 9 percent, based on a December 2011 paper by University of Michigan economists Martha Bailey and Susan Dynarski." This article helps shed light on the growing problem of opportunity gap, by education and extracurricular activities, to the general public. This article can help someone by giving them factual evidence for the opportunity gap through studies and data collected.
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  • hcps-rubinst on 01 Feb 15
     
    "Kids born to middle- and lower-income families could find it harder to catch up in later life as wealthier children enjoy ever larger advantages." Lower class children have fewer opportunities than upper class children because of their education. Upper class kids end up being more successful simply because they have more opportunities.
  • hcps-tranaa on 01 Feb 15
     
    "A student at one of America's most selective colleges is 14 times more likely to be from a high-income family than from a low-income one, based on a 2010 study by Carnevale and fellow Georgetown University economist Jeff Strohl. Those schools usually admit less than one-third of applicants. For an upper-middle-class American, getting a degree is "part of your biography", said Carnevale. "But for other kids, it has to be an aspiration."" This article displays the disadvantages that lower families experience in comparison to higher class families. The author additionally explains how students from low-income families have to put in extra work if they want to be on the same educational level as students from high-income families.
  • hcps-mooreca6 on 01 Feb 15
     
    Kids born to middle- and lower-income families could find it harder to catch up in later life as wealthier children enjoy ever larger advantages. This article is saying that upper and higher middle class men get more opportunities than lower class men.
  • hcps-smithrj3 on 01 Feb 15
     
    Kids born in upper class families get more of a privilege, whereas kids in middle and lower class families miss things that upper class kids take for granted.
  • hcps-niuam on 01 Feb 15
     
    "Such advantages sweeten the transcripts of children from wealthier homes. That could give them a head start when it comes to enrolling in college" This article talks about the growing education opportunity gap in America. In addition, it explains how income inequality affects the education opportunities given to students.
  • hcps-venkatea1 on 01 Feb 15
     
    "Such advantages sweeten the transcripts of children from wealthier homes. That could give them a head start when it comes to enrolling in college, where they already have the advantage according to a 2014 report from the Herndon, Virginia-based National Student Clearinghouse." This article is statistics proving that kids from wealthier homes have an advantage when it comes to getting into college and finding a job. It describes the opportunity gap based off of economic standing in America.
  • hcps-sarkerlm on 01 Feb 15
     
    "Kids born to middle- and lower-income families could find it harder to catch up in later life as wealthier children enjoy ever larger advantages." There are some kids that aren't able to do things education wise because of their social class. Wealthier kids are able to do more activities and get into better colleges because they have the money. This helps with our assignment because it shows the different between each social class and their education.
  • hcps-broughtme on 01 Feb 15
     
    "Kids born to middle- and lower-income families could find it harder to catch up in later life as wealthier children enjoy ever larger advantages." This article states that children born to lower class families, have less opportunities given to them. In addition, this narrows in on how important a collage degree is in modern society. It is easier for those who are wealthy to send their kids to college, and help them get a well paying job.
  • hcps-hutcherrk on 01 Feb 15
     
    This article is about the opportunity gap between lower and higher income families. This is important because in the future this will determine what jobs people will be able to get and whether or not it is fair
  • hcps-mewbornep on 01 Feb 15
     
    "Among them: Wealthy parents are spending more lavishly on childcare, education and accessories such as toys, while families in the middle are spending roughly the same or less after inflation. And extracurricular activities such as after- school clubs have increasingly become the province of privileged kids." It helps to explain what the education opportunity gap is. It explains what happens to people on the bad half of the gap. It talks about advantages and disadvantages.
  • hcps-yirgaja on 02 Feb 15
     
    "A student at one of America's most selective colleges is 14 times more likely to be from a high-income family than from a low-income one, based on a 2010 study by Carnevale and fellow Georgetown University economist Jeff Strohl. Those schools usually admit less than one-third of applicants." This article summarizes the unfortunate opportunity gap in the USA. It expounds on how statistics show that kids from the upper-class almost have it in their DNA to get their degree, while those in the middle-class and lower class are seeing it as an aspiration. The resources and educational tools being brought about by wealth are increasing the gap between the rich and the American middle-class and lower-class
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