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hcps-labbanr on 01 Feb 15"Districts with higher poverty rates have fewer highly educated, experienced teachers and less stable teaching staffs. Students from low-income New York City families of all ethnic groups have little chance of being tested for gifted-and-talented program eligibility. Few black and Hispanic students are selected for the city's top exam schools, such as Stuyvesant and the Bronx High School of Science." This article discusses the inequality in education that kids from low income families receive in comparison to kids living in economically advantaged neighborhoods. Children living in better neighborhoods are more likely to receive a proper and advanced education simply because of their class and the place they live.