Poverty and education
Kevin Carey has a great post on the intersection of poverty and education. He starts with University of Colorado Education Professor Kevin Welner Answer Sheet critique of the education manifesto by the superintendants of the New York City, Washington, DC, Chicago, Boston, Baltimore, Denver, Philadelphia, Kansas City, New Orleans, Charlotte, and Indianapolis schools systems. Welner writes:
It is disgraceful for these leaders who are in charge of 2.5 million students – disproportionately students in impoverished, urban areas – to act as enablers for those who dismiss the need to address issues of concentrated poverty.
“Welner believes that by asserting that poor children can learn, the superintendents are hurting the cause of
