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Q Research the issue of education disparity between impoverished families and those from high income families/communities. Explain if research shows that students from high income families achieve better in school. Develop a list outlining possible reasons why this disparity is real. Next, create a list of possible solutions micro (individual) and macro (systems, laws) solutions) that can address this disparity, with hopes of closing the gap.

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The income gap between the parents affects the education of the children. Studies reveal that the achievement gaps from high and low income families are 30 to 40 percent mmore than the gap that was found earlier. In 1966 Coleman et al. focused on the direct relationship between socioeconomic status of the family and the achievement of the student.