I still contend that the ability to access educational resources is more evenly distributed than it has been at any time in history. Motivated kids from suppor

I still contend that the ability to access educational resources is more evenly distributed than it has been at any time in history. Motivated kids from supportive families have more free and inexpensive educational opportunities than they will ever be able to exhaust even if their family is at the lower end of the income spectrum. Your examples of bad parents making things hard for their kids doesn't change anything I stated. Your main contention is that a kid with access to tutors, expensive electronics and flight training is going to get a far superior education to someone who is working with their parents to direct their own study. Those things aren't as big of a differentiator as they used to be in one's ability to obtain an education. Much of the pedagogical value a tutor can provide in sequencing topics is easy to find online--often written by the very people who would make the best tutors. The ability to ask questions and get answers is also easily available. Is it nice having someone decide exactly what you need to work on and learn. Sure, but in terms of access to educational resources, not having a tutor isn't a particularly big differentiator. > How much time have you spent with poor families? I grew up below the poverty line, so a reasonable amount of time.