Research Library
Achievement Trap: How America is Failing Millions of High-Achieving Student from Lower Income Families
Author: Wyner, J., Bridgeland, J., Duillio, J.
Publisher: Jack Kent Cooke Foundation & Civic Enterprises
Publication Date: 2007
Summary or Abstract: This report, published by the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation & Civic Enterprises, focuses on the needs of high-achieving lower income students and finds that these students have been over-looked and are caught in an “achievement trap” where educators, policymakers, and the public assume they can fend for themselves when the facts show otherwise. The report discusses the disadvantages faced by these students from elementary school through college and graduate school. The report includes studies, statistics, and recommendations.