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The children of the top 0.1%, whose parents earned an average of $11.3 million a year in today’s dollars, got far better scores than even the children of the families just below them.
The differences in how rich and poor children are educated start very early.
On May 9, the Brookings Center on Children and Families will host an event to discuss the critical role parents in child skill development. Sharita Gruberg will join economist and author Nate Hilger on a panel moderated by social policy expert Melissa Kearney.
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As the legislative sessions play out in Albany and City Hall, education, as always, is a top priority for the governor’s and mayor’s agendas. But as COVID relief funding dwindles, parents and educators are left wondering how policymakers will act to alleviate and reverse widening achievement gaps among students.
As programs expire, federal spending is returning to prior levels: $1 for every $6 spent on older adults.