I couldn't help but try to square this article with another article I saw today that said a record number of people are graduating high school. So, this article

I couldn't help but try to square this article with another article I saw today that said a record number of people are graduating high school. So, this article says that relative to each other people are staying in the same socioeconomic class, which they conclude is bad. But if everyone as a group is doing better, then I think there really is no problem.