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Russell Sage and Spencer Foundations, 2011. Family income relative to 1947. Family income relative to 1979. Why?. Achievement and attainment. Years of schooling completed by U.S. adults. College graduation rates for high and low income children.
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Race and income-based gaps in reading achievement in SAT-type units
Race and income-based gaps in reading achievement in SAT-type units
Income inequality and children’s attainment:Are there ANY causal linkages?
Maybe not:E.g., many more single-parent families now than before, especially for high school dropout and graduate parents
Effects of EITC expansion on children’s test scores and mothers’ health
Residential isolation of low- and high-income urban households
Ratio of average family income in high and low-income schools
Peers with problems in low and high income elementary schools
Upward mobility in the earnings of sons in the United States and other countries
Changes in the earnings of high school and college graduates
Figure 3.1: Residential isolation of low- and high-income urban households
Skill and behavior gaps between low- and high-income kindergarteners and fifth graders