The connection is clear: Closing persistent achievement gaps between advantaged and less - advantaged students will require paying much more attention to what happens in the hours after school and over the summer. (gse.harvard.edu)
Closing persistent achievement gaps as well as raising achievement for all students will simply not be possible without recruiting and retaining sufficient teachers of the highest quality for every classroom. (advanc-ed.org)
Despite the American promise of equal educational opportunity for all students, persistent achievement gaps among more and less advantaged groups of students remain, along with the opportunity gaps that create disparate outcomes. (learningpolicyinstitute.org)