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QuizMultiple Choice

Circumstances and Choices

Question 10 • CA-Ethnic Studies

What is one way economic background and education tend be connected?

Answer
A
Children from lower-income backgrounds have equal educational opportunities to their higher-income peers.
B
Children from higher-income backgrounds have fewer extracurricular opportunities than their lower-income peers.
C
Children from higher-income backgrounds have more educational opportunities than their lower-income peers.
D
Children from lower-income backgrounds have more work opportunities than their higher-income peers.

Explanation

Higher-income families can often afford resources such as tutoring, technology, enrichment programs, and extracurricular activities that support learning. These resources can give children from higher-income backgrounds more educational opportunities than children from lower-income backgrounds, so choice C is correct.

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