{"id":22530,"date":"2014-08-07T08:12:17","date_gmt":"2014-08-07T12:12:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/?p=22530"},"modified":"2014-08-07T08:12:17","modified_gmt":"2014-08-07T12:12:17","slug":"study-finds-family-more-important-than-education-for-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/2014\/08\/07\/study-finds-family-more-important-than-education-for-success\/","title":{"rendered":"Study Finds Family More Important Than Education For Success"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_22531\"  class=\"wp-caption module image right\" style=\"max-width: 300px;\"><a class=\"fancybox\" title=\"The rooftops of Baltimore. Johns Hopkins University researchers followed 800 Baltimore kids in a 30-year study.\" href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/files\/2014\/08\/8-7-BaltimoreRooftops.jpg\" rel=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-22531\" alt=\"The rooftops of Baltimore. Johns Hopkins University researchers followed 800 Baltimore kids in a 30-year study.\" src=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/files\/2014\/08\/8-7-BaltimoreRooftops-300x199.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/files\/2014\/08\/8-7-BaltimoreRooftops-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/files\/2014\/08\/8-7-BaltimoreRooftops-620x411.jpg 620w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/files\/2014\/08\/8-7-BaltimoreRooftops.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-media-credit\">3sonsproductions \/ Flickr<\/p><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">The rooftops of Baltimore. Johns Hopkins University researchers followed 800 Baltimore kids in a 30-year study.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Family and wealth &#8212; and not education &#8212; are the most important factors in whether a child succeeds in life <a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/blogs\/ed\/2014\/08\/07\/335285098\/rich-kid-poor-kid-for-30-years-baltimore-study-tracked-who-gets-ahead\">according to 30-year study by researchers at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Children whose parents were married and working ended up better off than peers in poor or single-parent homes.<\/p>\n<p>Just 33 of the nearly 800 people included in the study went from being considered low-income to considered high-income.<\/p>\n<p>NPR profiled two people included in the study, and you can listen to the story below.<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"400\" height=\"386\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/v2\/?i=335285098&amp;m=338498196&amp;t=audio\" \/><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"opaque\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"base\" value=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\" \/><embed width=\"400\" height=\"386\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" src=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/v2\/?i=335285098&amp;m=338498196&amp;t=audio\" wmode=\"opaque\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" base=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Family and wealth &#8212; and not education &#8212; are the most important factors in whether a child succeeds in life according to 30-year study by researchers at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. Children whose parents were married and working ended up better off than peers in poor or single-parent homes. 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