In the age of Trump, everything is for sale.
Most Americans still cling to the meritocratic notion that people are rewarded according to their efforts and abilities. But meritocracy is becoming a cruel joke.
Inequality is lurking behind all this, and not just because the wealthy can afford it. Researchers Daniel Schneider, Orestes Hastings, and Joe LaBriola found that in states with the biggest gaps between rich and poor, well-to-do parents spend the most trying to get their children into elite colleges.
Most CEOs of big corporations, Wall Street mavens, and high-priced lawyers got where they are because they knew the right people. A prestigious college packed with the children of wealthy and well-connected parents is now the launching pad into the stratosphere of big money.
Jared Kushner, the senior White House adviser and son-in-law of President Donald Trump, listens during a panel discussion at the Eisenhower Executive Building of the White House, on May 18, 2018. Alex Wong/Getty Images By contrast, less than one-half of 1 percent of children from the bottom fifth of American families attend an elite college. Fewer than half attend any college at all.
When it comes to early childhood education – which education experts agree is vital to the future life chances of the very young – the gap has become a chasm.
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