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Closing the Opportunity Gap: What America Must Do to Give Every Child an Even Chance

While the achievement gap has dominated policy discussions over the past two decades, relatively little attention has been paid to a gap even more at odds with American ideals: the opportunity gap. Download Closing the Opportunity Gap: What America Must Do to Give Every Child an Even Chance from rapidshare, mediafire, 4shared. Opportunity and achievement, while inextricably connected, are very different goals. Every American will not go to college, but every American should be given a fair chance to be prepared for college. In communities across the U.S., children lack the crucial resources and opportunities, inside and outside of schools that they need if they are to reach their potential.
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