""Extreme economic inequality is damaging and worrying for many reasons," the report said. "It can have negative impacts on economic growth and poverty reduction; and it can multiply social problems. When wealth captures government policymaking, the rules bend to favor the rich, often to the detriment of everyone else."" This article talks about the economic inequality America is facing. It also talks about how the rich/upper class people are often more focused on getting more money for themselves rather than even thinking about those who can barely afford a relatively comfortable life.

""We've done a good job in the last decade of calling attention to the achievement gap," said ­Darling-Hammond, who has advised President Obama on education issues. "But what we haven't been doing is addressing some of the fundamental reasons for the achievement gap: the poverty and segregation sets up some kids to have less when they get to school, and then the funding inequities, so that when they get to school, they don't have the resources and instructional supports that we want and need them to have."" This article talks about what the opportunity gap is and how we can fix it. It discuses how we need to start looking at the "inputs" (better teachers) rather than only looking at the "outputs" (graduating and good grades). It talks about working on the inputs to allow poorer students to succeed.