| ""American kids are getting ready to head back to school. But the schools they're heading back to differ dramatically by family income.Thirty years ago, the average gap on SAT-type tests between children of families in the richest 10% and bottom 10% was about 90 points on an 800-point scale. Today it's 125 points.The gap in the mathematical abilities of American kids, by income, is one of widest among the 65 countries participating in the Program for International Student Achievement. On reading skills, children from high-income families score 110 points higher, on average, than those from poor families. Because property taxes supply about 42% of school funding, schools in poor neighborhoods never have the resources of SCHOLS in affluent communities."The wealthiest highest-spending districts are now providing about twice as much funding per student as are the lowest-spending districts |
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