Why school reform can’t ignore poverty’s toll
Why school reform can’t ignore poverty’s toll
Some school reformers are fond of saying that “great teaching” can overcome the effects of living poverty on children, and that those people (me included) who insist that poverty matters are only supporting the status quo.
The critics of school reform that I know are hardly happy with the status quo, nor do they believe that poverty must be eliminated for public schools to be improved.
The bottom line is that pushing school reforms that are obsessed with
