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“Here’s a fact that may not surprise you: the children of the rich perform better in school, on average, than children from middle-class or poor families. Students growing up in richer families have better grades and higher standardized test scores, on average, than poorer students; they also have higher rates of participation in extracurricular activities and school leadership positions, higher graduation rates and higher rates of college enrollment and completion…What is news is that in the United States over the last few decades these differences in educational success between high- and lower-income students have grown substantially.”

“Nearly 8 million Americans go to work every day yet still live below the poverty line. That is in part because the federal minimum wage is too low.”

“Child poverty in the US has reached record levels, with almost 17 million children now affected. A growing number are also going hungry on a daily basis.”

“In an age of looming public deficits and diminishing social services, Social Impact Bonds (SIB) hold powerful promise as a valuable addition to our toolkit of financing models for public good.”