Why Mentoring Matters: Caring adults can close the gap - Richmond.com: Guest-columnists - 1 views
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hcps-dingr on 31 Jan 15"But there are many children in Virginia who do not have the benefit of caring, trusted adults in their lives, and closing this gap is an important step to giving kids the best chance to succeed in school and life." Not all kids get the same chances and opportunities that we do, not even in the area that we live in. There is a difference between the education of a child with a high family income and a child with low family income. Even if they aim for the same thing, they'll have different obstacles and paths as the gap grows steadily larger.