Gap widens between rich and poor, Harvard expert says

December 15, 2016 By Jim Muir Leave a Comment

It’s even harder for poor children to succeed than it was 50 years ago because the gap has widened between haves and have-nots, a Harvard University professor told Quad-City-area civic leaders on Wednesday. Robert D. Putnam, author of “Our Kids: The

Harvard Professor Robert Puntnam (Photo Provided to the Quad City Times)

Harvard Professor Robert Puntnam (Photo Provided to the Quad City Times)

American Dream in Crisis,” brought five years of research, plenty of anecdotes and statistics to bolster his theory to an event hosted by United Way of the Quad-Cities Area at the iWireless Center, Moline….For instance, 74 percent of rich children who excel in school will complete a four-year college degree versus 30 percent of poor, successful students. Rich children who are awful in school are still 10 times more likely to complete a college degree than their poorer counterparts. There have always been rich and poor people, he said. The middle class, he said, has evaporated as more and more are becoming poor. Please click to read the entire story by Brian Wellner of the Quad City Times

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