Published: January 4, 2007

Breaking the Cycle of Poverty

Reducing the disparities in children's achievement will require reaching beyond the educational system.

A child who comes to school malnourished, from a poor household, having a mother with less than a high school education, or a parent whose primary language is not English is much more likely than a classmate without those factors to have academic and...

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