"The share of schoolkids who qualify for free or reduced lunches crossed the 50% threshold in 2013, according to a recent Southern Education Foundation report. That compares to fewer than 32% back in 1989."
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"Richer, better-educated people live longer than poorer, less-educated people. According to calculations from the National Longitudinal Mortality Survey which tracks the mortality of people originally interviewed in the CPS and other surveys, people whose family income in 1980 was greater than $50,000, putting them in the top 5 percent of incomes, had a life-expectancy at all ages that was about 25 percent longer than those in the bottom 5 percent, whose family income was less than $5,000."
"It's a story as old as humankind: People raised in the same home, at the same time, by the same parents, who as adults land in vastly different financial circumstances."
This article states how income inequality and money in general can separate families. It exposes the differences between brothers and sisters financially and how it effects their lives in different ways like education and much more.
"After incomes at all levels declined as a result of the Great Recession, income growth has been lopsided since the recovery began in 2009, with the top 1 percent capturing an alarming share of economic growth."
"While there are plentiful data examining the fortunes of the top 1 percent at the national level, this report uses the latest available data to examine how the top 1 percent in each state have fared over 1917-2012, with an emphasis on trends over 1928-2012 (data for additional percentiles spanning 1917-2012 are available at go.epi.org/topincomes1917to2012). In so doing, this analysis finds that all 50 states have experienced widening income inequality in recent decades."
This article, including many data tables and types of statistical analysis, analyzes and describes the differences in history of income inequality in the US and the top 1% of incomes, and then later focuses on inequality in 2012 (the most recent year where state data is available) and the specifics of each state and the gaps between the top 1% and the average incomes of those in the bottom 99%.
"...this is only true for some students -- those who were fairly wealthy in the first place. College is certainly worth the cost, but that at present it is saddling poor and middle-class students with student debt is actually preventing them from participating in the wealth-building processes that previous generations have enjoyed."
This article describes the opportunity gap between the upper, middle, and lower classes in college education. It describes how students can get discouraged to attend college simply because they are unable to pay off the college fees. This is important because it shows that with a growing middle class, the ability to have a good college education can decrease.
"To graduate, they will have to pass the test that is given to immigrants who want to become United States citizens, a multiple-choice exam that includes such questions as "What do we call the first 10 amendments to the Constitution?" and "What did Susan B. Anthony do?""
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"A child born into a poor family has only a 9 percent chance of getting a college degree, but the odds are 54 percent for a child in a high-income family. These gaps open early, with poor children less prepared than their kindergarten classmates."
When a child is born into poverty they have a significantly less chance of getting a college degree than a child form a high-income family. Researches have found some ways to help 'nudge' their families to take small steps towards a higher education.
"When Thomas Gilbert Jr. was arrested on Monday and charged with killing his wealthy father with a gunshot to the head, the rubbernecking and tut-tutting began almost immediately."
There had been a dispute between a son and his father over an allowance. The dispute began after 30 year old Thomas Gilbert Jr. was upset and apparently pulled the trigger. This might not have happened if the family was not wealthy and had a lower income.
