"Students are acutely aware of the view teachers hold of them, and that awareness affects their actions. It's challenging to push students to take advanced courses or even attend classes when they suspect teachers expect them to fail." This article gives a possible explanation to why there is an opportunity gap. It states that students are aware if teacher expect them to succeed or not. If teacher do not expect some students to succeed, then they are not challenged to try in school.

"Parents believed because there are more white people, businesses, and higher taxes being paid in the West End, schools there got more attention." ""Even with our African-American students in our West End, the gap still existed, so this is not about East End or West End," Russo said." This article says that a possible reason to why there is an opportunity gap is because of the difference in social classes. Some people believe that since higher taxes are being paid, there are more whites, and more businesses on the West End, the  school located there are getting more attention. Although, Pat Russo confirmed that the African American students in the West End still create the gap within the school.

"Between the end of World War II and the late 1970s, incomes in the United States were becoming more equal. In other words, incomes at the bottom were rising faster than those at the top. Since the late 1970s, this trend has reversed." This article states that those of higher class are beginning to receive and higher and faster income. Before, the lower class were gaining more income faster than the upper class, making incomes equal. It shows that since the late 1970s, the incomes are becoming more unequal