As a high school student with no qualifications or expertise, take what I say with a grain of salt. However, as someone who has done extensive research in this area and cares about the issue, I would like to share my thoughts on what needs to be done.

Should the government commit additional resources to underprivileged communities in order to remedy the education achievement gap?

The government should commit additional resources to underprivileged communities in order to remedy the achievement gap. By the time children are three years old, as illustrated in Figure 1, discrepancies in speech are already starting to form. If the achievement gap starts to manifest before a child even steps foot in a school, there are obviously problems that need to be addressed outside of the academic world. I don't have a bill to point to or legislation written up, but I think place to start is to start investing in communities of colour and low-income communities. These are the places the achievement gap hurts the most and thus should be the places receiving the most support. Investing in infrastructure, local businesses, tax breaks—all of these things can have an exponentially positive impact on the people of the community. In making sure these areas prosper and profit in the same fundamental ways white, higher income communities do, we not only address some of America's institutional racism but solve for the beginnings of the achievement gap, too. Beyond this, extra funding should be given to schools that cater to these students to help bolster efforts against the achievement gap. If we invest in the communities that are hurting the most, we invest in a future that includes and works for everyone, not just the historically privileged.