"Famous Educational Pioneers"

"Its true that young families always have faced an uphill struggle starting out in life. But today's young families have been so battered by economic and social changes over the past two decades that the struggle has taken on a more desperate and often futile quality" (Edelman, 1992)

"It's been said that children have unequal childhoods in America" (Ray, 2011)

References:

Edelman, M.W. ( May/June 1992). Vanishing Dreams of America's Young Families. Challenge. 35(3), 13-          19. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/pss/40721344

Ray, A. (2011, June 14). [Address]. Lecture presented at Educational Testing Services Addressing Achievement Gap Symposium, Washington, D.C., United States. [ Audio Transcript]. Retrieved from

           http://www.ets.org/s/sponsored_events/achievement_gap/flash/2011_conference/aisha_ray.html