Report: Poor Students Less Likely To Seek Academic Help

The Huffington Post (12/8) reports that though observers have long noted "disparities in success among students from varying socioeconomic backgrounds," a new report from researchers at the University of Pennsylvania "suggests that while home and institution are factors, inequalities in education also reflect differences in the resources that children can identify and secure for themselves in the classroom." The study concluded that "children from middle class families ask their teachers for help more often and more assertively than children from working class families. As a result, middle class students tend to receive more support and assistance from their teachers."