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The Economic Benefits of Closing Educational Achievement Gaps: Promoting Growth and Strengthening the Nation by Improving the Educational Outcomes of Children of Color
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Lynch, Robert G.; Oakford, Patrick – Center for American Progress, 2014
Our nation is currently experiencing growing levels of income and wealth inequality, which are contributing to longstanding racial and ethnic gaps in education outcomes and other areas. This report quantifies the economic benefits of closing one of the most harmful racial and ethnic gaps: the educational achievement gap that exists between black…
Descriptors: Achievement Gap, Economic Impact, African American Students, Hispanic American Students