"The recession seems to have cemented the country's income and wealth inequality, not reversed it. The top 10 percent earn a larger share of overall income than they have since the 1930s. The earnings of the top 1 percent took a knock during the recession, but have bounced back. In contrast, the average working family's income has continued to decline through the anemic recovery." This article discusses the overall effects and causes of income inequality in the United States and what might happen in the years to come. According to the article, the growth of our economy has become sluggish due to income inequality, it's a bigger issue than we once though it was. In this article economists discuss whether and how the gap between the rich and the poor fueled the recession and what it might mean for our future.

"This ecological, contextual view of schooling will cultivate the understanding that significantly more students can cross the PreK-12 finish line with the tools needed to race to the top of where they wish to go. Educators will learn that while factors such as poverty will not desist, both teachers and students can develop mindsets, skills and practices that will diminish its effects." This article talks about finding the right formula for closing the achievement gap in America's public school classrooms and those who get left behind. It brings forth many plans that increase funding for education, better assessments, growth models etc. It also talks about proposing an ecological model that views everyone within the system where a component of the model identifies multiples contextual factors and influences on a students achievement.