We needed to close the educational gap with the older girls and didn't have much time.

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You think, perhaps the answer lies in the professional or educational gap between women.

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The educational gap between whites and non-whites has narrowed dramatically in Texas since school testing began (which was before Mr Bush became governor).

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There was clearly an educational access gap here that was limiting the opportunities, both economic and social, for those from socio-economically disadvantaged backgrounds.

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The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has joined the civil rights coalition's call for federal initiatives to narrow the educational achievement gap between minority and white students.

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"I felt that I wanted to be involved in the most high-need school but also have the backing of an organization that stood for what I embodied, which was: close the educational achievement gap, " he says.

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But he said the gap in educational achievement between rich and poor was "still far too wide".

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Private school students do better on the National Assessment of Educational Progress, but the gap between average scores is about the same at ages 13 and 17 as at 9.

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The number of "gap fairs" promoting organized educational, travel or service programs is rising, however.

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But if educational differentials and assortative mating lie behind much of the gap between those in Loudoun County and poorer Americans, they do not explain the Hamptons phenomenon.

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The list of critically important issues for developed countries is daunting: Rates of unemployment are unacceptable, the income gap has never been higher, too many people have no access to health care, educational systems are inadequate, there is a chronic shortage of affordable housing.

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The benefits of gap year programs have long been celebrated anecdotally, but there is new evidence in support of these educational experiences, confirming what students and their parents have always known.

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