The 'educational" value of being born rich

Raising the test scores are doomed to fail, but the focus of school reform efforts still looks very slim. According to Arne Duncan, “education is the one two path out of poverty.  It is the great equalizer that overcomes differences in background, culture and privilege. It is the only way to secure our common future in a competitive global economy.”  The article that I selected for this week’s blog is called: The ‘educational’ value of being born rich. This was a very interesting article.The Annie E. Casey Foundation produced a 2013 Kids Count Report that examined the child’s well being in the nation and in the state. Well, just to let you know, my state made the list as usual, South Carolina.
South Carolina ranks down from 45^th and down from 43^rd in the report. The report reflected social and educational changes such as: economic, education, health, family and the community in which the results were very low and did not pass the standards. South Carolina represents states that remain heavily burdened by the negative consequences of poverty along with social inequality and its complicated factors. Reports showed that social and education reform should remain top priorities for South Carolina because the children do deserve better schools. The report also showed that the current school reform policies should be placed to the side and that more time needs to be spent on education reform that can help to address the conditions of better teaching and learning.

Therefore, children in South Carolina and across the United States are born into relative affluence and those children even without attending college are apt to succeed over impoverished children who rise above the challenges of their homes and communities by graduating college. Rich kids are more likely to get a better education which translates into being richer and wealthier as adults. It is certainly the case that richer kids are more likely to get a college degree, and it is certainly the case that getting a college degree leaves you much better off on average than not getting one.

So the answer to the title is that: "You are better off being born rich regardless of whether you go to college than being poor and getting a college degree."

Reference
Strauss, V.(2013).The ‘educational’ value of being born rich. Washington Post. Retrieved from http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2013/07/15/the-educational-value-of-being-born/

Bruenig, M. (2013).What’s more important: a college degree or being born rich? MattBrienig.Politics. Retrieved from http://mattbruenig.com/2013/06/13/whats-more-important-a-college-degree-or-being-born-rich/