<p>starktony826, there are some people who claim that economic status of a family can affect education. What I mean to say is how economic status affects education across a range of ethnicities. Statistically, Asians perform higher than other ethnicities. I am curious to know how well this holds up among lower income, higher achieving students. If this holds true even in lower income families, then we cmay assume that a main cause of disparities in education is not so much a economic status but also of parenting styles and culture. </p>
<p>With affirmative action, we assume that people of lower economic standing have access to less educational resources and this is mostly true. But what we don’t consider is parenting style and culture can be a large factor in education performance. And if this is more a factor than we think (Which we can learn more about by knowing the demographics of the low income, high achieving students in teh study).</p>