Pursuing the American Dream uses the most current available data to measure mobility by family income and wealth, and personal earnings to reveal how closely tied a person’s place on the economic ladder is to that of his or her parents’. Some of the highlights of the research include: Eighty-four percent of Americans have higher … Continue reading
The socioeconomic status of a child’s parents has always been one of the strongest predictors of the child’s academic achievement and educational attainment… Students in the bottom quintile of family socioeconomic status score more than a standard deviation below those in the top quintile on standardized tests of math and reading when they enter kindergarten… These differences … Continue reading