Education News – Kristin Decarr
“A new study suggests that attending school and keeping one’s nose to the grindstone may not be a foolproof plan for getting ahead. The study, conducted by Richard Reeves and Isabel Sawhill, discovered that low-income students who graduate college actually remain in the bottom 20th income percentile (16%) almost as often as rich students who do not graduate college remain in the top 20th income percentile (14%).” (more)