"One factor is that the students themselves sometimes are not motivated enough," said Ruscitti. "They need to understand the role of education in helping them go out and get a job. We want all children to have great skills for today's jobs." This article talks about the growing education gap, and how many people, including Darlene Ruscitti, want to be able to close the gap. She addresses some aspects of what may need to be done to close the gap, including the topic of student motivation.

"When it comes to our budget, we should not be stuck in a stale debate from two years ago or three years ago," Obama said at a nonprofit social services center in a poor neighborhood in the capital. "A relentlessly growing deficit of opportunity is a bigger threat to our future than our rapidly shrinking fiscal deficit." This article includes an in depth look into President Obama's take on income equality, and its effects on our economy. In addition, he included the topics of economic theory, which was included in his statement about income equality.