Robert D. Putnam

Quotes

• “Stressful conditions from outside school are much more likely to intrude into the classroom in high poverty schools. Eve...”
• “Upper-class parents enable their kids to form weak ties by exposing them more often to organized activities, professiona...”
• “The achievement gap between children from high income and low income families is roughly 30-40% larger among children bo...”
• “In the quarter century between 1979 and 2005, average after-tax income (adjusted for inflation) grew by $900 a year for ...”