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(16,937 posts)for academic achievement.
Does that tell you something?
applegrove
(118,749 posts)MyOwnPeace
(16,937 posts)but a quick "simple" rule of thumb:
*If you want an indicator of how well a child will do in school, drive into the neighborhood where they live.
Some research-based material:
https://bold.expert/the-link-between-childrens-academic-achievement-and-family-income/
https://www.irp.wisc.edu/publications/focus/pdfs/foc272e.pdf
Again, TONS of material out there - thanks for caring!
displacedtexan
(15,696 posts)My credit score improved twice for no reason except zip code changes: when we moved to DC; and when we moved from DC to San Francisco.
applegrove
(118,749 posts)That is more of a correlation to getting COVID. I still don't understand your point.
MyOwnPeace
(16,937 posts)"Confirms dramatic inequality, with death-rate in low income communities of color more than ten times greater than wealthier areas."
Key words: DRAMATIC INEQUALITY
applegrove
(118,749 posts)suicides and addiction and lack of access to healthcare will kill more than covid if things stay closed. Suddenly he cares about these these people. Those marginalized economically have always been vulnerable. Why? Suddenly they are in great numbers and include some formerly rich assholes Trump can relate to.
applegrove
(118,749 posts)to COVID deaths. Or a cause. They are related. People who have lower achievement due to the history and structural things are also lower income. But one is not a cause of the other. A more immediate cause of covid would be lack of the ability to not work if you are living paycheck to paycheck and have no savings. Also if you are low income you can social distance less as you have more people living in one apartment. Charles Barkley just said both these things.