Great piece from the Atlantic explaining the widening income and education gap.
Across the country, a Stanford University study found last year, the achievement gap between rich and poor students on standardized tests is 30 to 40 percent wider than it was a quarter-century ago. Because excellent students are more likely to grow rich, the authors argued, income inequality risks becoming more entrenched.
Ironically (because of some of the rhetoric in the past election), this article focuses on issues in Massachusetts.