The Real Disadvantage Gap In Our Schools

Does having a family culture and structure at home, which aligns to the values of a school, equate to success?

I came across a fascinating social media update by Jack Schneider (of Sommerville, Massachusetts), a scholar of education history and policy and author of @beyond_scores.He shares the challenges of the disadvantage gap in our schools.

Socio-Economic Factors

People wonder why SES (i.e. family income/race/parental education/etc.) is such a strong predictor of student standardized test scores. Here's just one example. I just grabbed my daughter from school. We came home. She was