The ‘Enrichment Gap’ Is Widening. Students’ Social-Emotional Development Is at Risk.
Edsurge
OCTOBER 14, 2020
Libraries, lifelines for low-income families in the afterschool hours, have largely remained closed to patrons during the pandemic. Wealthy families’ annual per-child expenditures on enrichment activities nearly tripled between 1972 and 2006 (from $3,536 to $8,872) while low-income families remained stagnant at around $1,000.
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