By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web.Money, Race and Success: How Your School District Compares
Motoko Rich, Amanda Cox, Matthew Bloch, New York Times, 2016/05/09
On average, "Sixth graders in the richest school districts are four grade levels ahead of children in the poorest districts." As usual with American sources, the data is also distributed by race. But race doesn't define the trend; socio-economic status does. "A higher proportion of black and Hispanic children come from poor families. A new analysis of reading and math test score data from across the country confirms just how much socioeconomic conditions matter." More...