This is a watershed moment when you look at that map, said Kent McGuire, president of the Southern Education Foundation, the nation’s oldest education philanthropy, referring to a large swath of the country filled with high-poverty schools. The fact is, we’ve had growing inequality in the country for many years, he said. It didn’t happen overnight, but it’s steadily been happening. Government used to be a source of leadership and innovation around issues of economic prosperity and upward mobility. Now we’re a country disinclined to invest in our young people.
Posted on: Sat, 17 Jan 2015 03:23:21 +0000
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