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Reasons for Income Achievement Gap
There appear to be several reasons why this achievement gap/Matthew Effect in education exists for high and low-income students:
- rise of income inequality for the last few decades
- difficulty in rising social mobility for low-income families
- education success decides high or low-income job (no middle-class wages)
- more emphasis on test scores in education than any other aspect
- family income is more correlated with child development, especially in education
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