Achievement gaps in the United States are observed, persistent disparities in measures of educational performance among subgroups of U.S. students, especially groups defined by socioeconomic status, r
Achievement gaps between boys and girls in the United States are more pronounced in reading and writing than in math and science.
In political communication, the "soft bigotry of low expectations" is an expression describing the practice of holding lower expectations for individuals or groups based on characteristics such as rac
Achievement gaps in the United States
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Michael Gerson, who coined the phrase as a speechwriter for George W. Bush
Bill Maher, who occasionally used the expression on Real Time with Bill Maher.
George W. Bush campaigning in New Hampshire during the 2000 United States presidential election, in which he popularized the phrase.