The promise of the American Dream is that anyone, regardless of his or her origins, can have a fair start in life. If we work hard, we can get a good education,achieve success, and live lives better than those of previous generations. But over the last several decades a disturbing "opportunity gap" has unexpectedly grown betweeen kids from have and have-not backgrounds. The central tenet of the American Dream--that all children, regardless of their family and social background, should have a decent chance to improve their ...
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The promise of the American Dream is that anyone, regardless of his or her origins, can have a fair start in life. If we work hard, we can get a good education,achieve success, and live lives better than those of previous generations. But over the last several decades a disturbing "opportunity gap" has unexpectedly grown betweeen kids from have and have-not backgrounds. The central tenet of the American Dream--that all children, regardless of their family and social background, should have a decent chance to improve their lot in life--is no longer "self-evident
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