Education Gap

I can clearly see why researchers say that one reason for the growing gap in acheivement could be because wealthy parents have more time and money to invest in their children with sports, dance classes, camps, tutors, etc... These families usually have two parents and both parents work, therefore there is more income coming into the family's bank account versus a low-income, single parent family. Many single parents work two or even three jobs to be able to support their child. This in turn causes the parnet to spend little to no time with the child. This child will most likely not get to partake in extraciricular activites or weekend sports because they have no way to and from these activities because the parent is constantly working.