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Strengthening our schools: A legislative framework to remove poverty-related barriers to learning
- 10-28-2010
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Blog by Michael Laracy/Huffington Post
As Congress prepares to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), it must consider the central relationship between poverty and education. It's widely accepted that education plays a considerable role in breaking the cycle of poverty. This is one of the reasons reauthorization is so important. As one participant in a "Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity" webcast noted recently, if we get reform right, "We unlock and open doors to a larger swath of young people." This isn't just empty rhetoric. Countless studies demonstrate the link between early education and later prosperity. A report from the Annie E. Casey Foundation earlier this year summarized its findings: "Children who read at grade level by the end of third grade are more successful in school, work, and in life." But while education's impact on poverty is quite clear, we too often overlook the ways poverty and other outside-the-classroom obstacles limit the educational attainment of our students. (more…)
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