The Opportunity Gap - NYTimes.com - 10 views
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hcps-amberkaoh on 01 Feb 15"Affluent parents also invest more money in their children. Over the last 40 years upper-income parents have increased the amount they spend on their kids' enrichment activities, like tutoring and extra curriculars, by $5,300 a year. The financially stressed lower classes have only been able to increase their investment by $480, adjusted for inflation." This article talks about how the education/ opportunity gap affects America. It states that parents have invested in their students a lo because of the education opportunity, but now the separate classes, depending on how much your income is, affects the opportunity for a larger education. It mainly talking about how it is steadily inflating throughout the years, and how it affect the poor, as well as the rich.