" President Obama will propose a 10-year budget on Monday that stabilizes the federal deficit but does not seek balance, instead focusing on policies to address income inequality as he adds nearly $6 trillion to the debt." This articles talks about how Obama is trying to balance the federal deficit. Although, the debt is still increasing as he is working to fix income inequality.

"The old Gaps 1.0 conversation simply cannot get us to where we need to go. Children learn when they have opportunities to learn. When denied those opportunities, they fall behind, and we get the devastating achievement gaps. But when they are provided with rich opportunities to learn, they thrive, and the achievement gaps close." In this article, it states that children learn when they have opportunities to learn. They fall behind when denied those opportunities, but when they are provided with rich opportunities, they learn well, and there is no education gap. Although, as of now, the country has failed to increase these opportunities to learn, creating an education gap.