You Have Been Approached by the Head of a Relatively

You have been approached by the head of a relatively poor (lower socioeconomic status) school district to help them understand why their students are not performing as well as students from other, more affluent communities. The goal, of course, would be to overcome the problems and help these students become more successful. What information can you share to both explain the tendency of more affluent children to have greater educational achievement, and to offer suggestions for how to combat this disparity in the lower SES school district?