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On the recordFebruary 24, 2015
This discussion of an achievement gap is somewhat mislabeled because a lot of it is an opportunity gap.
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Chaka Fattah
Democratic · Pennsylvania

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Fattah argues that the achievement gap is largely due to a lack of opportunities.

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